Thermithiobacillus

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Thermithiobacillus

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Thermithiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Thermithiobacillaceae Garrity et al. 2005).
Type species: ¤ Thermithiobacillus tepidarius (Wood and Kelly 1985) Kelly and Wood 2000.
Etymology: L. pl. n. thermae, warm baths; Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Thermithiobacillus, warmth-loving sulfur rodlet.
Reference: KELLY (D.P.) and WOOD (A.P.): 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Thermithiobacillus tepidarius (Wood and Kelly 1985) Kelly and Wood 2000, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 43215 = DSM 3134.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ459801.
Basonym: ¤ Thiobacillus tepidarius Wood and Kelly 1985.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. tepidarius, of or belonging to tepid water or to a tepid bath.
Reference: KELLY (D.P.) and WOOD (A.P.): 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online