Dissulfurimicrobium Slobodkin et al. 2016
General information
Name
Dissulfurimicrobium
Valid publication
2016
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Proteobacteria.
Deltaproteobacteria.
Dissulfurimicrobium
Nomenclature type
Dissulfurimicrobium hydrothermale
Etymology
L. inseparable particle <i>dis</i> in two; L. n. <i>sulfur</i>, sulfur; N.L. neut. n. <i>microbium</i>, microbe; N.L. neut. n. <i>Dissulfurimicrobium</i>, a microbe that disproportionates sulfur.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are rod-shaped. Member of the class Deltaproteobacteria. Anaerobic. Neutrophilic. Cell wall of Gram-negative type. Does not form endospores. Chemolithoautotrophic growth by disproportionation of elemental sulfur, thiosulfate and sulfite to sulfide and sulfate.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M022504000003001 | Dissulfurimicrobium hydrothermale | Species | 1750598 |
References
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Slobodkin, A.I., Slobodkina, G.B., Panteleeva, A.N., Chernyh, N.A., Novikov, A.A., and Bonch-Osmolovskaya, E.A. Dissulfurimicrobium hydrothermale gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, autotrophic, sulfur-disproportionating deltaproteobacterium isolated from a hydrothermal pond of Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2016) 66:1022-1026.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.000828]
[PMID:26646853]