Name: Thiomicrospira arctica Knittel et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: arc’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. arctica, from the Arctic, referring to the site where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700955; DSM 13458; SVAL-E

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ404731 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Knittel K, Kuever J, Meyerdierks A, Meinke R, Amann R, Brinkhoff T. Thiomicrospira arctica sp. nov. and Thiomicrospira psychrophila sp. nov., psychrophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria isolated from marine Arctic sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:781-786.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thiomicrorhabdus arctica (Knittel et al. 2005) Boden et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiomicrorhabdus arctica (Knittel et al. 2005) Boden et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thiomicrospira arctica is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Thiomicrospira.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thiomicrospira Kuenen and Veldkamp 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Knittel K, Kuever J, Meyerdierks A, Meinke R, Amann R, Brinkhoff T. Thiomicrospira arctica sp. nov. and Thiomicrospira psychrophila sp. nov., psychrophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria isolated from marine Arctic sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:781-786.

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Record number: 782747