Species Thiobacillus thermosulfatus

Name: Thiobacillus thermosulfatus Shooner et al. 1996

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.sul.fa’tus. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. masc. n. sulfas (gen. sulfatis), sulfate; N.L. masc. adj. thermosulfatus, intended top mean organism that produces sulfate and grows at high temperatures

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^hi-o-ba-KIL-lus t^her-mo-sul-FA-tus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51520

16S rRNA gene: U27839 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shooner F, Bousquet J, Tyagi RD. Isolation, phenotypic characterization, and phylogenetic position of a novel, facultatively autotrophic, moderately thermophilic bacterium, Thiobacillus thermosulfatus sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:409-415.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thiomonas thermosulfata (Shooner et al. 1996) Moreira and Amils 1997

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiomonas thermosulfata (Shooner et al. 1996) Moreira and Amils 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thiobacillus thermosulfatus 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 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Shooner F, Bousquet J, Tyagi RD. Isolation, phenotypic characterization, and phylogenetic position of a novel, facultatively autotrophic, moderately thermophilic bacterium, Thiobacillus thermosulfatus sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:409-415.

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