Name: "Thiobacter aerophilum" Dukat et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.e.ro’phi.lum. Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. aerophilum, air-loving, because of its ability to grow at higher oxygen concentrations in contrast to type species T. subterraneus C55T (sic)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-e-RO-p^hi-lum, masculine

Nomenclatural type: AK1; CGMCC 1.18099; UQM 41819

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Original publication: Dukat AM, Elcheninov AG, Klyukina AA, Novikov AA, Frolov EN. Thiobacter aerophilum sp. nov., a Thermophilic, Obligately Chemolithoautotrophic, Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacterium from a Hot Spring and Proposal of Thiobacteraceae fam. nov. Microorganisms 2024; 12:0. 🇷🇺

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Thiobacter Hirayama et al. 2005

Assigned by: Dukat AM, Elcheninov AG, Klyukina AA, Novikov AA, Frolov EN. Thiobacter aerophilum sp. nov., a Thermophilic, Obligately Chemolithoautotrophic, Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacterium from a Hot Spring and Proposal of Thiobacteraceae fam. nov. Microorganisms 2024; 12:0. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 55403