Name: Thiomicrospira chilensis Brinkhoff et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.len’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. chilensis, pertaining to Chile, a country of South America

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700858; Ch-1; DSM 12352

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF013975 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Brinkhoff T, Muyzer G, Wirsen CO, Kuever J. Thiomicrospira chilensis sp. nov., a mesophilic obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfuroxidizing bacterium isolated from a Thioploca mat. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:875-879.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thiomicrorhabdus chilensis (Brinkhoff et al. 1999) Boden et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiomicrorhabdus chilensis (Brinkhoff et al. 1999) Boden et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thiomicrospira chilensis 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Brinkhoff T, Muyzer G, Wirsen CO, Kuever J. Thiomicrospira chilensis sp. nov., a mesophilic obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfuroxidizing bacterium isolated from a Thioploca mat. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:875-879.

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Record number: 782748