Name: Thiomicrospira halophila Sorokin et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.la. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. halophila, salt-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 15072; HL 5; UNIQEM U221

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ390450 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Spiridonova EM, Berg IA, Muyzer G. Thiomicrospira halophila sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from hypersaline lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2375-2380.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Hydrogenovibrio halophilus (Sorokin et al. 2006) Boden et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Hydrogenovibrio halophilus (Sorokin et al. 2006) Boden et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Thiomicrospira halophila 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Spiridonova EM, Berg IA, Muyzer G. Thiomicrospira halophila sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from hypersaline lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2375-2380.

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Record number: 785527