Thermosulfidibacter

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

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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").

Thermosulfidibacter Nunoura et al. 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thermosulfidibacter takaii Nunoura et al. 2008.
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. thermê, heat; N.L. n. sulfidum, sulfide; L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Thermosulfidibacter, a thermophilic, sulfide-producing, rod-shaped bacterium.
Reference: NUNOURA (T.), OIDA (H.), MIYAZAKI (M.) and SUZUKI (Y.): Thermosulfidibacter takaii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing, sulfur-reducing chemolithoautotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field in the Southern Okinawa Trough. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 659-665.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Thermosulfidibacter takaii Nunoura et al. 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ABI70S6 = DSM 17441 = JCM 13301.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB282756.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. takaii, of Takai, named after Dr Ken Takai, a microbiologist who has devoted himself to the study of terrestrial and deep-sea hydrothermal microbial ecosystems and chemolithoautotrophs present in those environments.
Reference: NUNOURA (T.), OIDA (H.), MIYAZAKI (M.) and SUZUKI (Y.): Thermosulfidibacter takaii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing, sulfur-reducing chemolithoautotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field in the Southern Okinawa Trough. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 659-665.
Original article in IJSEM Online