Name: Thiomicrospira kuenenii Brinkhoff et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kue.ne’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kuenenii, of Kuenen, named after J. G. Kuenen, a Dutch microbiologist of the Delft School of Microbiology, who proposed the genus Thiomicrospira

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ku͡e-NE-ni-i, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700877; DSM 12350; JB-A1

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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: Hydrogenovibrio kuenenii (Brinkhoff et al. 1999) Boden et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thiomicrospira kuenenii 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. — 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 2025-06-04.

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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