Name: Thiobacter subterraneus Hirayama et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.ter.ra’ne.us. L. masc. adj. subterraneus, under the earth, indicating the source of isolation

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-941; C55; DSM 16629; JCM 12421

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16S rRNA gene: AB180657 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hirayama H, Takai K, Inagaki F, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Thiobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic, thermophilic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a subsurface hot aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:467-472.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thiobacter Hirayama et al. 2005. Publication: Hirayama H, Takai K, Inagaki F, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Thiobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic, thermophilic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a subsurface hot aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:467-472.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the abstract and in the protologue, the type strain JCM 12421 is erroneously cited as JCM12421. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Thiobacter Hirayama et al. 2005

Assigned by: Hirayama H, Takai K, Inagaki F, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Thiobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic, thermophilic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a subsurface hot aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:467-472.

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