Genus Caldicoprobacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
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).
Caldicoprobacter Yokoyama et al. 2010, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Caldicoprobacteraceae Yokoyama et al. 2010).
Type species: ¤ Caldicoprobacter oshimai Yokoyama et al. 2010.
Etymology: L. adj. caldus, hot; Gr. n. kopros, dung, N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Caldicoprobacter, a rod from dung growing at elevated temperatures.
Valid publication: YOKOYAMA (H.), WAGNER (I.D.) and WIEGEL (J.): Caldicoprobacter oshimai gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, xylanolytic, extremely thermophilic bacterium isolated from sheep faeces, and proposal of Caldicoprobacteraceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 67-71.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Caldicoprobacter Yokoyama et al. 2010 emend. Bouanane-Darenfed et al. 2011.
References: List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion no. 16. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1448-1449. [BOUANANE-DARENFED (A.), FARDEAU (M.L.), GRÉGOIRE (P.), JOSEPH (M.), KEBBOUCHE-GANA (S.), BENAYAD (T.), HACENE (H.), CAYOL (J.L.) and OLLIVIER (B.): Caldicoprobacter algeriensis sp. nov. a new thermophilic anaerobic, xylanolytic bacterium isolated from an Algerian hot spring. Curr. Microbiol., 2011, 62, 826-832.]
List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion no. 16 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Caldicoprobacter algeriensis Bouanane-Darenfed et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TH7C1 = DSM 22661 = JCM 16184.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU216701.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. algeriensis of or belonging to Algeria, the country where the bacterium was first recovered.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 146. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1443-1445.
Effective publication: BOUANANE-DARENFED (A.), FARDEAU (M.L.), GRÉGOIRE (P.), JOSEPH (M.), KEBBOUCHE-GANA (S.), BENAYAD (T.), HACENE (H.), CAYOL (J.L.) and OLLIVIER (B.): Caldicoprobacter algeriensis sp. nov. a new thermophilic anaerobic, xylanolytic bacterium isolated from an Algerian hot spring. Curr. Microbiol., 2011, 62, 826-832.
Validation List no. 146 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Caldicoprobacter faecalis Bouanane et al. 2015, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSM 20678=JCM 30146 .
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FR749980.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Basonym: ¤ Acetomicrobium faecale Winter et al. 1987.
Etymology: L.n. faex, faecis, dregs, faeces; L. masc. suff. - alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. faecalis, pertaining to faeces, faecal.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: BOUANANE-DARENFED, A., BEN HANIA, W., CAYOL, J. L., OLLIVIER, B. and FARDEAU, M. L. 2015. Reclassification of Acetomicrobium faecale as Caldicoprobacter faecalis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 3286-3288.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Caldicoprobacter guelmensis Bouanane-Darenfed et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) D2C22 = DSM 24605 = JCM 17646.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ707908.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. guelmensis, of or pertaining to Guelma.
Valid publication: BOUANANE-DARENFED (A.), BEN HANIA (W.), HACENE (H.), CAYOL (J.L.), OLLIVIER (B.) and FARDEAU (M.L.): Caldicoprobacter guelmensis sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic, xylanolytic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 2049-2053.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Caldicoprobacter oshimai Yokoyama et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JW/HY-331 = ATCC BAA-1711 = DSM 21659.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB450762.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. oshimai, of Oshima, named after the Japanese microbiologist Tairo Oshima, in honour of his many contributions to our knowledge of thermophiles and their biochemistry.
Valid publication: YOKOYAMA (H.), WAGNER (I.D.) and WIEGEL (J.): Caldicoprobacter oshimai gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, xylanolytic, extremely thermophilic bacterium isolated from sheep faeces, and proposal of Caldicoprobacteraceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 67-71.
Original article in IJSEM Online