Name: Thiobacillus rapidicrescens Katayama-Fujimura et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ra.pi.di.cre.scens. L. masc. adj. rapidus, rapid; L. pres. part. crescens, growing; N.L. part. adj. rapidicrescens, rapid growing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: A2; ATCC 25364; CIP 107117; DSM 582; IAM 12814; IFO 14567; JCM 20754; NBRC 14567; NCCB 80062; NCCB 81078; THI O41; VKM B-2163

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16S rRNA gene: Y16931 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Katayama-Fujimura Y, Kawashima I, Tsuzaki N, Kuraishi H. Reidentification of Thiobacillus perometabolis ATCC 27793 and Thiobacillus sp. strain A2 with reference to a new species, Thiobacillus rapidicrescens sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:532-538.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Paracoccus versutus (Harrison 1983) Katayama et al. 1996

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiobacillus versutus Harrison 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Paracoccus versutus (Harrison 1983) Katayama et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Later homotypic synonym of Thiobacillus versutus Harrison 1983. Publication: Harrison Jr. AP. Genomic and physiological comparisons between heterotrophic thiobacilli and Acidiphilium cryptum, Thiobacillus versutus sp. nov., and Thiobacillus acidophilus nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:211-217.

Parent taxon: Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Katayama-Fujimura Y, Kawashima I, Tsuzaki N, Kuraishi H. Reidentification of Thiobacillus perometabolis ATCC 27793 and Thiobacillus sp. strain A2 with reference to a new species, Thiobacillus rapidicrescens sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:532-538.

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Record number: 785081