Name: Thiobacillus hydrothermalis Durand et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro.ther.ma’lis. N.L. masc. adj. hydrothermalis, hydrothermal, pertaining to a hydrothermal vent in the North Fiji basin

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … hy-dro-t^her-MA-lis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51453; DSM 7121; R3

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16S rRNA gene: M90662 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Durand P, Reysenbach AL, Prieur D, Pace N. Isolation and characterization of Thiobacillus hydrothermalis sp. nov., a mesophilic obligately chemolithotrophic bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in Fiji Basin. Arch. Microbiol. 1993; 159:39-44.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 60. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:242.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Guyparkeria hydrothermalis (Durand et al. 1997) Boden 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halothiobacillus hydrothermalis (Durand et al. 1997) Kelly and Wood 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Guyparkeria hydrothermalis (Durand et al. 1997) Boden 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thiobacillus hydrothermalis 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 = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Durand P, Reysenbach AL, Prieur D, Pace N. Isolation and characterization of Thiobacillus hydrothermalis sp. nov., a mesophilic obligately chemolithotrophic bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in Fiji Basin. Arch. Microbiol. 1993; 159:39-44.

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