Name: Thiomonas islandica Vésteinsdóttir et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: is.lan’di.ca. N.L. fem. adj. islandica, Icelandic, describing the place of first isolation

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 6C; DSM 21436; JCM 16107

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16S rRNA gene: EU625663 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vesteinsdottir H, Reynisdottir DB, Orlygsson J. Thiomonas islandica sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing betaproteobacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:132-137.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:701-702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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: Thiomonas Moreira and Amils 1997

Assigned by: Vesteinsdottir H, Reynisdottir DB, Orlygsson J. Thiomonas islandica sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing betaproteobacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:132-137.

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Record number: 788973