Genus Caldanaerobacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Caldanaerobacter Fardeau et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Caldanaerobacter subterraneus (Fardeau et al. 2000) Fardeau et al. 2004.
Etymology: L. adj. caldus, hot; Gr. pref. an, not; Gr. n. aer aeros, air; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod, staff; N.L. masc. n. Caldanaerobacter, rod that grows in the absence of air at high temperatures.
Valid publication: FARDEAU (M.L.), BONILLA SALINAS (M.), L'HARIDON (S.), JEANTHON (C.), VERHÉ (F.), CAYOL (J.L.), PATEL (B.K.C.), GARCIA (J.L.) and OLLIVIER (B.): Isolation from oil reservoirs of novel thermophilic anaerobes phylogenetically related to Thermoanaerobacter subterraneus: reassignment of T. subterraneus, Thermoanaerobacter yonseiensis, Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis and Carboxydibrachium pacificum to Caldanaerobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., comb. nov. as four novel subspecies. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 467-474.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Caldanaerobacter subterraneus (Fardeau et al. 2000) Fardeau et al. 2004, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC BAA-225 = CNCM I-2383 = DSM 13054 = SEBR 7858.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF195797.
Basonym: ¤ Thermoanaerobacter subterraneus Fardeau et al. 2000.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. subterraneus, underground, subterranean, describing its site of isolation.
Valid publication: FARDEAU (M.L.), BONILLA SALINAS (M.), L'HARIDON (S.), JEANTHON (C.), VERHÉ (F.), CAYOL (J.L.), PATEL (B.K.C.), GARCIA (J.L.) and OLLIVIER (B.): Isolation from oil reservoirs of novel thermophilic anaerobes phylogenetically related to Thermoanaerobacter subterraneus: reassignment of T. subterraneus, Thermoanaerobacter yonseiensis, Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis and Carboxydibrachium pacificum to Caldanaerobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., comb. nov. as four novel subspecies. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 467-474.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: CNCM is solely set up to deal with deposits on a confidential basis (i.e. patent deposits under the Budapest Treaty). Strain CNCM I-2383 is probably a patent deposit.
Caldanaerobacter subterraneus subsp. pacificus (Sokolova et al. 2001) Fardeau et al. 2004, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JM = ATCC BAA-271 = DSM 12653.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF174484.
Basonym: ¤ Carboxydibrachium pacificum corrig. Sokolova et al. 2001.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. pacificus, peaceful; pertaining to the Pacific Ocean, from the western part of which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: FARDEAU (M.L.), BONILLA SALINAS (M.), L'HARIDON (S.), JEANTHON (C.), VERHÉ (F.), CAYOL (J.L.), PATEL (B.K.C.), GARCIA (J.L.) and OLLIVIER (B.): Isolation from oil reservoirs of novel thermophilic anaerobes phylogenetically related to Thermoanaerobacter subterraneus: reassignment of T. subterraneus, Thermoanaerobacter yonseiensis, Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis and Carboxydibrachium pacificum to Caldanaerobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., comb. nov. as four novel subspecies. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 467-474.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Caldanaerobacter subterraneus subsp. subterraneus (Fardeau et al. 2000) Fardeau et al. 2004, subsp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC BAA-225 = CNCM I-2383 = DSM 13054 = SEBR 7858.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF195797.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. subterraneus, underground, subterranean, describing its site of isolation.
Valid publication: FARDEAU (M.L.), BONILLA SALINAS (M.), L'HARIDON (S.), JEANTHON (C.), VERHÉ (F.), CAYOL (J.L.), PATEL (B.K.C.), GARCIA (J.L.) and OLLIVIER (B.): Isolation from oil reservoirs of novel thermophilic anaerobes phylogenetically related to Thermoanaerobacter subterraneus: reassignment of T. subterraneus, Thermoanaerobacter yonseiensis, Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis and Carboxydibrachium pacificum to Caldanaerobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., comb. nov. as four novel subspecies. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 467-474.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: CNCM is solely set up to deal with deposits on a confidential basis (i.e. patent deposits under the Budapest Treaty). Strain CNCM I-2383 is probably a patent deposit.
Caldanaerobacter subterraneus subsp. tengcongensis (Xue et al. 2001) Fardeau et al. 2004, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MB4 = Chinese Collection of Microorganisms AS 1.2430 = DSM 15242 = JCM 11007 = NBRC 100824.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AE008691 (complete genome).
Basonym: ¤ Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis Xue et al. 2001.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. tengcongensis, pertaining to Tengcong, China.
Valid publication: FARDEAU (M.L.), BONILLA SALINAS (M.), L'HARIDON (S.), JEANTHON (C.), VERHÉ (F.), CAYOL (J.L.), PATEL (B.K.C.), GARCIA (J.L.) and OLLIVIER (B.): Isolation from oil reservoirs of novel thermophilic anaerobes phylogenetically related to Thermoanaerobacter subterraneus: reassignment of T. subterraneus, Thermoanaerobacter yonseiensis, Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis and Carboxydibrachium pacificum to Caldanaerobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., comb. nov. as four novel subspecies. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 467-474.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Caldanaerobacter subterraneus subsp. yonseiensis (Kim et al. 2001) Fardeau et al. 2004, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KB-1 = DSM 13777 = KFCC 11116 (patent strain).
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF212925.
Basonym: ¤ Thermoanaerobacter yonseiensis Kim et al. 2001.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. yonseiensis, pertaining to Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, in recognition of its support of research on extreme thermophiles and their thermostable enzymes.
Valid publication: FARDEAU (M.L.), BONILLA SALINAS (M.), L'HARIDON (S.), JEANTHON (C.), VERHÉ (F.), CAYOL (J.L.), PATEL (B.K.C.), GARCIA (J.L.) and OLLIVIER (B.): Isolation from oil reservoirs of novel thermophilic anaerobes phylogenetically related to Thermoanaerobacter subterraneus: reassignment of T. subterraneus, Thermoanaerobacter yonseiensis, Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis and Carboxydibrachium pacificum to Caldanaerobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., comb. nov. as four novel subspecies. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 467-474.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Caldanaerobacter uzonensis Kozina et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) K67 = DSM 18923 = VKM B-2408.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF195126.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. uzonensis, pertaining to the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Far-East Russia, from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: KOZINA (I.V.), KUBLANOV (I.V.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), CHERNYH (N.A.) and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.): Caldanaerobacter uzonensis sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic, heterotrophic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1372-1375.
Original article in IJSEM Online