Name: Thiohalophilus thiocyanatoxydans corrig. Sorokin et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thi.o.cy.a.nat.o.xy.dans. N.L. masc. n. thiocyanas (gen. thiocyanatis), thiocyanate; N.L. pres. part. oxydans, oxidizing; N.L. part. adj. thiocyanatoxydans, thiocyanate-oxidizing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16326; HRhD 2; UNIQEM U231

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ469584 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Bezsoudnova EY, Pol A, Muyzer G. Denitrification in a binary culture and thiocyanate metabolism in Thiohalophilus thiocyanoxidans gen. nov. sp. nov. - a moderately halophilic chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing Gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline lakes. Arch Microbiol 2007; 187:441-450.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 117. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1933-1934.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiohalophilus thiocyanoxidans Sorokin et al. 2007	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thiohalophilus Sorokin et al. 2007. Publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Bezsoudnova EY, Pol A, Muyzer G. Denitrification in a binary culture and thiocyanate metabolism in Thiohalophilus thiocyanoxidans gen. nov. sp. nov. - a moderately halophilic chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing Gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline lakes. Arch Microbiol 2007; 187:441-450.
  • 📧 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, note = "(spelled 'Thiohalophilus thiocyanatoxidans' in TRBA)".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet, thiocyanoxidans (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 117. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1933-1934.

Parent taxon: Thiohalophilus Sorokin et al. 2007

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Bezsoudnova EY, Pol A, Muyzer G. Denitrification in a binary culture and thiocyanate metabolism in Thiohalophilus thiocyanoxidans gen. nov. sp. nov. - a moderately halophilic chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing Gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline lakes. Arch Microbiol 2007; 187:441-450.

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