Thiobacter

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

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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").

Thiobacter Hirayama et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thiobacter subterraneus Hirayama et al. 2005.
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Thiobacter, sulfur rod.
Reference: HIRAYAMA (H.), TAKAI (K.), INAGAKI (F.), NEALSON (K.H.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Thiobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic, thermophilic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a subsurface hot aquifer. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 467-472.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Thiobacter subterraneus Hirayama et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain C55 = ATCC BAA-941 = DSM 16629 = JCM 12421.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB180657.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. subterraneus, underground, subterranean, indicating the source of isolation.
Reference: HIRAYAMA (H.), TAKAI (K.), INAGAKI (F.), NEALSON (K.H.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Thiobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic, thermophilic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a subsurface hot aquifer. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 467-472.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: In the abstract and in the protologue, the type strain JCM 12421 is erroneously cited as JCM12421.