Name: Thiohalorhabdus denitrificans Sorokin et al. 2008

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 15699; HL 19; UNIQEM U223

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ469582 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Galinski EA, Muyzer G, Kuenen JG. Thiohalorhabdus denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic, sulfur-oxidizing, deep-lineage gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2890-2897.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:452-453.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Thiohalorhabdus Sorokin et al. 2008. Publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Galinski EA, Muyzer G, Kuenen JG. Thiohalorhabdus denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic, sulfur-oxidizing, deep-lineage gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2890-2897.
  • The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.

Parent taxon: Thiohalorhabdus Sorokin et al. 2008

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Galinski EA, Muyzer G, Kuenen JG. Thiohalorhabdus denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic, sulfur-oxidizing, deep-lineage gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2890-2897.

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