Name: Thiobacillus ferrooxidans Temple and Colmer 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ro.o.xi’dans. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; N.L. pres. part. oxidans, oxidizing; N.L. masc. part. adj. ferrooxidans, iron-oxidizing

Pronunciation, gender: fer-ro-o-KSI-dans, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23270; CIP 104768; DSM 14882

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16S rRNA gene: AF465604 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Temple KL, Colmer AR. The autotrophic oxidation of iron by a new bacterium, thiobacillus ferrooxidans. J Bacteriol 1951; 62:605-611.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (Temple and Colmer 1951) Kelly and Wood 2000

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (Temple and Colmer 1951) Kelly and Wood 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thiobacillus ferrooxidans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Thiobacillus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 476 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Temple KL, Colmer AR. The autotrophic oxidation of iron by a new bacterium, thiobacillus ferrooxidans. J Bacteriol 1951; 62:605-611.

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Record number: 782711