Name: "Thiorhodococcus drewsii" Zaar et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: drew’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. drewsii, of Drews, in honor of Gerhart Drews, a pioneer in studies of phototrophic bacteria

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: AZ1; DSM 15006

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16S rRNA gene: AF525306 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Zaar A, Fuchs G, Golecki JR, Overmann J. A new purple sulfur bacterium isolated from a littoral microbial mat, Thiorhodococcus drewsii sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 2003; 179:174-183. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Thiorhodococcus Guyoneaud et al. 1998

Assigned by: Zaar A, Fuchs G, Golecki JR, Overmann J. A new purple sulfur bacterium isolated from a littoral microbial mat, Thiorhodococcus drewsii sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 2003; 179:174-183. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 782768