%0 Journal Article %A KELLY, DONOVAN P. %A TUOVINEN, OLLI H. %T Recommendation that the Names Ferrobacillus ferrooxidans Leathen and Braley and Ferrobacillus sulfooxidans Kinsel Be Recognized as Synonyms of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans Temple and Colmer %D 1972 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 22 %N 3 %P 170-172 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-22-3-170 %I Microbiology Society, %X The only characters currently used to distinguish Ferrobacillus ferrooxidans and F. sulfooxidans from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans are the inability of the first species to oxidize sulfur or thiosulfate and of the second to use thiosulfate. These differences are demonstrated to be invalid inasmuch as all three species can grow on either sulfur or thiosulfate. The names F. ferrooxidans and F. sulfooxidans are therefore regarded as later, subjective synonyms of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-22-3-170