Confirmation of Thiomonas delicata (formerly Thiobacillus delicatus) as a distinct species of the genus Thiomonas Moreira and Amils 1997 with comments on some species currently assigned to the genus

¹ Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
² NITE Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, 2-5-8 Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu-shi, Chiba 292-0818, Japan
³ Department of Microbiology, King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, Floor 28 Guy's Tower, Guy's Campus, London SE1 9RT, UK
⁴ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK