Species Thiomicrorhabdus heinhorstiae

Name: Thiomicrorhabdus heinhorstiae Updegraff et al. 2022

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: hein.hors’ti.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. heinhorstiae, of or pertaining to Heinhorst, named to honour Professor Sabine Heinhorst (b. 1952), microbiologist at University of Southern Mississippi who made significant contributions to the study of the structure and function of carboxysomes in autotrophic Bacteria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^hi-o-mi-kro-R^HAB-dus he͡in-HORS-ti-a͡e, feminine

Type strain: ATCC TSD-240; DSM 111584; HH1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MZ029054 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Updegraff T, Schiff-Clark G, Gossett H, Parsi S, Peterson R, Whittaker R, Dennison C, Davis M, Bray J, Boden R, et al. Thiomicrorhabdus heinhorstiae sp. nov. and Thiomicrorhabdus cannonii sp. nov.: novel sulphur-oxidizing chemolithoautotrophs isolated from the chemocline of Hospital Hole, an anchialine sinkhole in Spring Hill, Florida, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5233. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Thiomicrorhabdus Boden et al. 2017

Assigned by: Updegraff T, Schiff-Clark G, Gossett H, Parsi S, Peterson R, Whittaker R, Dennison C, Davis M, Bray J, Boden R, et al. Thiomicrorhabdus heinhorstiae sp. nov. and Thiomicrorhabdus cannonii sp. nov.: novel sulphur-oxidizing chemolithoautotrophs isolated from the chemocline of Hospital Hole, an anchialine sinkhole in Spring Hill, Florida, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5233. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 28036