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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ha-LO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: DSM 15072; HL 5; UNIQEM U221

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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. — 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 2025-06-04.

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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