Name: Desulfonatronum thiodismutans Pikuta et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thi.o.dis’mu.tans. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur (Latin transliteration thium); N.L. pres. part. dismutans, dismutating, splitting; N.L. part. adj. thiodismutans, sulfur-dismutating, pertaining to the ability of the organism to dismutate thiosulfate and sulfite

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-395; DSM 14708; MLF1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF373920 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pikuta EV, Hoover RB, Bej AK, Marsic D, Whitman WB, Cleland D, Krader P. Desulfonatronum thiodismutans sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium capable of lithoautotrophic growth. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1327-1332.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The etymology of the first compound of the specific epithet should be Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; not Gr. thios, sulfur as cited by Pikuta et al. 2003. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Desulfonatronum Pikuta et al. 1998

Assigned by: Pikuta EV, Hoover RB, Bej AK, Marsic D, Whitman WB, Cleland D, Krader P. Desulfonatronum thiodismutans sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium capable of lithoautotrophic growth. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1327-1332.

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