Name: Thiohalophilus thiocyanatoxydans corrig. Sorokin et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thi.o.cy.a.nat.o.xy.dans. N.L. masc. n. thiocyanas (gen. thiocyanatis), thiocyanate; N.L. pres. part. oxydans, oxidizing; N.L. masc. part. adj. thiocyanatoxydans, thiocyanate-oxidizing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16326; HRhD 2; UNIQEM U231

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ469584 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Bezsoudnova EY, Pol A, Muyzer G. Denitrification in a binary culture and thiocyanate metabolism in Thiohalophilus thiocyanoxidans gen. nov. sp. nov. - a moderately halophilic chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing Gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline lakes. Arch Microbiol 2007; 187:441-450.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 117. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1933-1934.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiohalophilus thiocyanoxidans Sorokin et al. 2007	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thiohalophilus Sorokin et al. 2007. Publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Bezsoudnova EY, Pol A, Muyzer G. Denitrification in a binary culture and thiocyanate metabolism in Thiohalophilus thiocyanoxidans gen. nov. sp. nov. - a moderately halophilic chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing Gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline lakes. Arch Microbiol 2007; 187:441-450.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "(spelled 'Thiohalophilus thiocyanatoxidans' in TRBA)". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet, thiocyanoxidans (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 117. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1933-1934.

Parent taxon: Thiohalophilus Sorokin et al. 2007

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Bezsoudnova EY, Pol A, Muyzer G. Denitrification in a binary culture and thiocyanate metabolism in Thiohalophilus thiocyanoxidans gen. nov. sp. nov. - a moderately halophilic chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing Gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline lakes. Arch Microbiol 2007; 187:441-450.

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