Name: Thiolapillus brandeum Nunoura et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bra.n.de’um. L. neut. n. brandeum, shroud referring to biofilm formation covering elemental sulfur (nominative in apposition)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 23672; Hiromi 1; JCM 15507

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AP012273 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nunoura T, Takaki Y, Kazama H, Kakuta J, Shimamura S, Makita H, Hirai M, Miyazaki M, Takai K. Physiological and genomic features of a novel sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacterium belonging to a previously uncultivated symbiotic lineage isolated from a hydrothermal vent. PLoS One 2014; 9:e104959.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 161. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thiolapillus Nunoura et al. 2015. Publication: Nunoura T, Takaki Y, Kazama H, Kakuta J, Shimamura S, Makita H, Hirai M, Miyazaki M, Takai K. Physiological and genomic features of a novel sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacterium belonging to a previously uncultivated symbiotic lineage isolated from a hydrothermal vent. PLoS One 2014; 9:e104959.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thiolapillus Nunoura et al. 2015

Assigned by: Nunoura T, Takaki Y, Kazama H, Kakuta J, Shimamura S, Makita H, Hirai M, Miyazaki M, Takai K. Physiological and genomic features of a novel sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacterium belonging to a previously uncultivated symbiotic lineage isolated from a hydrothermal vent. PLoS One 2014; 9:e104959.

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Record number: 792488