Sulfurovum

Sulfurovum
Scientific classification
Domain:
Phylum:
Class:
Epsilonproteobacteria
Order:
Family:
Sulfurovaceae
Genus:
Sulfurovum

Inagaki et al. 2004 [1]
Type species
Sulfurovum lithotrophicum[2]
Inagaki et al. 2004
Species

See text

Sulfurovum is a genus within the Campylobacterota which was first described in 2004 with the isolation and description of the type species Sulfurovum lithotrophicum from Okinawa Trough hydrothermal sediments.[1] Named for their ability to oxidize sulfur and their egg-like shape, cells are gram-negative, coccoid to short rods. Mesophilic chemolithoautotrophic growth occurs by oxidation of sulfur compounds coupled to the reduction of nitrate or molecular oxygen.[1] Multiple strains of the genus are capable of Microbial Sulfur Disproportionation (MSD) of elemental sulfur and thiosulfate.[3]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[4]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[5][6][7] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226[8][9][10]
Sulfurovum

S. mangrovi Li et al. 2023

S. aggregans Mino et al. 2014

S. denitrificans Mori, Yamaguchi & Hanada 2018

S. indicum Xie et al. 2019

S. lithotrophicum Inagaki et al. 2004

S. rifiae Giovannelli et al. 2016

Sulfurovum

"S. zhangzhouensis" Wang et al. 2023

S. indicum

"S. xiamenensis" Wang et al. 2023

S. lithotrophicum

S. rifiae

Unassigned species:

  • "Ca. S. kebritense" Alamoudi et al. 2025
  • "Ca. S. sediminum" Park et al. 2012

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Inagaki, Fumio; Ken Takai; Kenneth H. Nealson; Koki Horikoshi (2004-09-01). "Sulfurovum lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the ε-Proteobacteria isolated from Okinawa Trough hydrothermal sediments". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (5): 1477–1482. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.03042-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 15388698. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
  2. ^ a b Sulfurovum in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
  3. ^ Novak, Lukas V F; Jiang, Lijing; Hemon, Marie; Fernandez, Marilina; Russo, Léa; Wang, Shasha; Shao, Zongze; Da Cunha, Violette; Alain, Karine (2026-03-02). "Sulfur disproportionation occurs globally across anoxic habitats and has multiple mechanisms of independent evolutionary origin". The ISME Journal. doi:10.1093/ismejo/wrag042. ISSN 1751-7362.
  4. ^ Schoch CL; et al. "Sulfurovum". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  5. ^ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. ^ "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. ^ "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  9. ^ "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.