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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Thiothrix sulfatifontis"

Name: "Candidatus Thiothrix sulfatifontis" Ravin et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: sul.fa.ti.fon’tis. N.L. masc. n. sulfas, sulfate (gen. sulfatis); L. masc. n. fons, a spring (gen. fontis); N.L. gen. masc. n. sulfatifontis, of a sulfate spring, the source from which the metagenome was obtained

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sul-fa-ti-FON-tis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: KT

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP094685 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Ravin NV, Rossetti S, Beletsky AV, Kadnikov VV, Rudenko TS, Smolyakov DD, Moskvitina MI, Gureeva MV, Mardanov AV, Grabovich MY. Two New Species of Filamentous Sulfur Bacteria of the Genus Thiothrix, Thiothrix winogradskyi sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Thiothrix sulfatifontis' sp. nov. Microorganisms 2022; 10:0. 🇷🇺

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

Parent taxon: Thiothrix Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ravin NV, Rossetti S, Beletsky AV, Kadnikov VV, Rudenko TS, Smolyakov DD, Moskvitina MI, Gureeva MV, Mardanov AV, Grabovich MY. Two New Species of Filamentous Sulfur Bacteria of the Genus Thiothrix, Thiothrix winogradskyi sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Thiothrix sulfatifontis' sp. nov. Microorganisms 2022; 10:0. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 29603
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