Sulfurovum

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

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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").

Sulfurovum Inagaki et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sulfurovum lithotrophicum Inagaki et al. 2004.
Etymology: L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur; L. neut. n. ovum, egg; N.L. neut. n. Sulfurovum, sulfur (-oxidizing) egg.
Reference: INAGAKI (F.), TAKAI (K.), NEALSON (K.H.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Sulfurovum lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the ε-Proteobacteria isolated from Okinawa Trough hydrothermal sediments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1477-1482.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Further concise information (in French)

Sulfurovum lithotrophicum Inagaki et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 42BKT = ATCC BAA-797 = JCM 12117.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB091292.
Etymology: Gr. masc. n. lithos, stone; Gr. adj. trophicos, nursing; tending, feeding; N.L. neut. adj. lithotrophicum, feeding on inorganic substrates.
Reference: INAGAKI (F.), TAKAI (K.), NEALSON (K.H.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Sulfurovum lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the ε-Proteobacteria isolated from Okinawa Trough hydrothermal sediments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1477-1482.
Original article in IJSEM Online