Species Thiomicrospira frisia

Name: Thiomicrospira frisia Brinkhoff et al. 1999

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: fri’si.a. N.L. fem. adj. frisia, pertaining to Frisia, a coastal region in the north-west of Germany and the Netherlands

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^hi-o-mi-kro-SPI-ra FRI-si-a, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700878; DSM 12351; JB-A2

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16S rRNA gene: AF013974 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Brinkhoff T, Muyzer G, Wirsen CO, Kuever J. Thiomicrospira kuenenii sp. nov. and Thiomicrospira frisia sp. nov., two mesophilic obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria isolated from an intertidal mud flat. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:385-392. 🇩🇪

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 frisia (Brinkhoff et al. 1999) Boden et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thiomicrospira frisia 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 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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

Assigned by: Brinkhoff T, Muyzer G, Wirsen CO, Kuever J. Thiomicrospira kuenenii sp. nov. and Thiomicrospira frisia sp. nov., two mesophilic obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria isolated from an intertidal mud flat. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:385-392. 🇩🇪

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