Name: Thiomonas islandica Vésteinsdóttir et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: is.lan’di.ca. N.L. fem. adj. islandica, Icelandic, describing the place of first isolation

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … is-LAN-di-ka, feminine

Type strain: 6C; DSM 21436; JCM 16107

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16S rRNA gene: EU625663 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vesteinsdottir H, Reynisdottir DB, Orlygsson J. Thiomonas islandica sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing betaproteobacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:132-137. 🇮🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:701-702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.21434 (N = 19).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thiomonas Moreira and Amils 1997

Assigned by: Vesteinsdottir H, Reynisdottir DB, Orlygsson J. Thiomonas islandica sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing betaproteobacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:132-137. 🇮🇸

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Record number: 788973