Name: Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (Temple and Colmer 1951) Kelly and Wood 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thiobacillus ferrooxidans Temple and Colmer 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: fer.ro.ox’i.dans. N.L. pres. part. oxidans, oxidizing; N.L. part. adj. ferrooxidans, oxidizing iron

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23270; CIP 104768; DSM 14882

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF465604 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kelly DP, Wood AP. Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:511-516.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiobacillus ferrooxidans Temple and Colmer 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 763 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Many strains of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans exhibit considerable genetic variation. It is inevitable, therefore, that some strains assigned to this species will be reassigned to new species or genera in due course. Publication: Kelly DP, Wood AP. Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:511-516.

Parent taxon: Acidithiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000

Assigned by: Kelly DP, Wood AP. Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:511-516.

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