Name: Sulfurovum Inagaki et al. 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sul.fu.ro’vum. L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. neut. n. ovum, egg; N.L. neut. n. Sulfurovum, sulfur (-oxidizing) egg

Gender: neuter (stem: Sulfurov-)

Type species: Sulfurovum lithotrophicum Inagaki et al. 2004

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Inagaki F, Takai K, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Sulfurovum lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the epsilon-Proteobacteria isolated from Okinawa Trough hydrothermal sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1477-1482.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Mino et al. 2014 Mino S, Kudo H, Arai T, Sawabe T, Takai K, Nakagawa S. Sulfurovum aggregans sp. nov., a hydrogen-oxidizing, thiosulfate-reducing chemolithoautotroph within the Epsilonproteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney, and an emended description of the genus Sulfurovum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3195-3201. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Sulfurovaceae Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Vanwonterghem I, Rinke C, Parks DH, Zhang Y, Takai K, Sievert SM, Simon J, Campbell BJ, Hanson TE, et al. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.). Front Microbiol 2017; 8:682.
  • 🧕 Campbell et al. (2006) assigned this genus to the family "Thiovulgaceae" Campbell et al. 2006. Publication: Campbell BJ, Engel AS, Porter ML, Takai K. The versatile epsilon-proteobacteria: key players in sulphidic habitats. Nat Rev Microbiol 2006; 4:458-468.
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the family Sulfurovaceae Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Vanwonterghem I, Rinke C, Parks DH, Zhang Y, Takai K, Sievert SM, Simon J, Campbell BJ, Hanson TE, et al. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.). Front Microbiol 2017; 8:682.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sulforovum".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; JCM: 3; KCTC: 2; MCCC: 2; NBRC: 1; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sulfurovum aggregans Mino et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfurovum denitrificans Mori et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfurovum indicum Xie et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfurovum lithotrophicum Inagaki et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfurovum mangrovi Li et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfurovum riftiae Giovannelli et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Sulfurovum sediminum" Park et al. 2012	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Helicobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Mino S, Kudo H, Arai T, Sawabe T, Takai K, Nakagawa S. Sulfurovum aggregans sp. nov., a hydrogen-oxidizing, thiosulfate-reducing chemolithoautotroph within the Epsilonproteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney, and an emended description of the genus Sulfurovum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3195-3201.

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