Name: Varunaivibrio sulfuroxidans Patwardhan and Vetriani 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sul.fur.o’xi.dans. L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. pres. part. oxidans, oxidizing; N.L. part. adj. sulfuroxidans, pertaining to the ability to oxidize sulfur

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 101688; JCM 31027; TC 8

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU294728 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Patwardhan S, Vetriani C. Varunaivibrio sulfuroxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively chemolithoautotrophic, mesophilic alphaproteobacterium from a shallow-water gas vent at Tor Caldara, Tyrrhenian Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3579-3584.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4921-4923.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Varunaivibrio Patwardhan and Vetriani 2016. Publication: Patwardhan S, Vetriani C. Varunaivibrio sulfuroxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively chemolithoautotrophic, mesophilic alphaproteobacterium from a shallow-water gas vent at Tor Caldara, Tyrrhenian Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3579-3584.
  • 😷 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 genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Varunaivibrio Patwardhan and Vetriani 2016

Assigned by: Patwardhan S, Vetriani C. Varunaivibrio sulfuroxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively chemolithoautotrophic, mesophilic alphaproteobacterium from a shallow-water gas vent at Tor Caldara, Tyrrhenian Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3579-3584.

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