Name: Sulfuritortus Kojima et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sul.fu.ri.tor’tus. L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. masc. perf. part. tortus, twist, torsion; N.L. masc. n. Sulfuritortus, sulfur-oxidizing twisted organism

Gender: masculine (stem: Sulfuritort-)

Type species: Sulfuritortus calidifontis Kojima et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kojima H, Watanabe M, Fukui M. Sulfuritortus calidifontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur oxidizer isolated from a hot spring microbial mat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1355-1358.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Kojima et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the class Betaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Kojima H, Watanabe M, Fukui M. Sulfuritortus calidifontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur oxidizer isolated from a hot spring microbial mat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1355-1358.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 1; DSM: 1.
  • 🧍 See Boden (2019) for a taxonomic overview of the genus. Publication: Boden R. Sulfuritortus. In: Unknown e (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2019, p. 1-3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sulfuritortus calidifontis Kojima et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thiobacillaceae Boden et al. 2017

Assigned by: Boden R. Sulfuritortus. In: Unknown e (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2019, p. 1-3.

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