Name: Thioprofundum lithotrophicum corrig. Takai et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.tho.tro’phi.cum. Gr. masc./fem. n. lithos, stone; N.L. neut. adj. trophicum, nursing, tending or feeding; from Gr. neut. adj. trophikon, nursing, tending; N.L. neut. adj. lithotrophicum, lithotrophic, referring to lithotrophic metabolism of the species

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 106; DSM 19353; JCM 14586

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB468957 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Takai K, Miyazaki M, Hirayama H, Nakagawa S, Querellou J, Godfroy A. Isolation and physiological characterization of two novel, piezophilic, thermophilic chemolithoautotrophs from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Environ Microbiol 2009; 11:1983-1997.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 134. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1477-1479.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thioprofundum lithotrophica Takai et al. 2010	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thioprofundum Takai et al. 2010. Publication: Takai K, Miyazaki M, Hirayama H, Nakagawa S, Querellou J, Godfroy A. Isolation and physiological characterization of two novel, piezophilic, thermophilic chemolithoautotrophs from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Environ Microbiol 2009; 11:1983-1997.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet has been corrected on validation. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 134. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1477-1479.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication, the strain JCM 14586 is erroneously cited as JCM 14596. — 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, lithotrophica (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 134. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1477-1479.

Parent taxon: Thioprofundum Takai et al. 2010

Assigned by: Takai K, Miyazaki M, Hirayama H, Nakagawa S, Querellou J, Godfroy A. Isolation and physiological characterization of two novel, piezophilic, thermophilic chemolithoautotrophs from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Environ Microbiol 2009; 11:1983-1997.

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