Name: Thiohalomonas denitrificans Sorokin et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.ni.tri’fi.cans. N.L. v. denitrifico, to denitrify; N.L. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 15841; HLD 2; UNIQEM U222

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF117909 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Braker G, Muyzer G. Thiohalomonas denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thiohalomonas nitratireducens sp. nov., novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, moderately halophilic, thiodenitrifying Gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1582-1589.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thiohalomonas Sorokin et al. 2007. Publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Braker G, Muyzer G. Thiohalomonas denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thiohalomonas nitratireducens sp. nov., novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, moderately halophilic, thiodenitrifying Gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1582-1589.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thiohalomonas Sorokin et al. 2007

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Braker G, Muyzer G. Thiohalomonas denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thiohalomonas nitratireducens sp. nov., novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, moderately halophilic, thiodenitrifying Gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1582-1589.

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Record number: 782745