Genus Caloranaerobacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
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).
Caloranaerobacter Wery et al. 2001 (complete authorship reads Wery, Cambon-Bonavita and Barbier), gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Caloranaerobacter azorensis Wery et al. 2001.
Etymology: L. n. calor, heat; Gr. pref. an, not; Gr. n. aer aeros, air; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. Caloranaerobacter, a thermophilic, anaerobic rod.
Valid publication: WERY (N.), MORICET (J.M.), CUEFF (V.), JEAN (J.), PIGNET (P.), LESONGEUR (F.), CAMBON-BONAVITA (M.A.) and BARBIER (G.): Caloranaerobacter azorensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1789-1796.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Caloranaerobacter azorensis Wery et al. 2001 (complete authorship reads Wery, Cambon-Bonavita and Barbier), sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MV1087 = CNCM I-2543 = DSM 13643.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ272422.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. azorensis, pertaining to the Azores.
Valid publication: WERY (N.), MORICET (J.M.), CUEFF (V.), JEAN (J.), PIGNET (P.), LESONGEUR (F.), CAMBON-BONAVITA (M.A.) and BARBIER (G.): Caloranaerobacter azorensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1789-1796.
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-2543 is probably a patent deposit.
Caloranaerobacter ferrireducens Zeng et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DY22619=JCM 19467=DSM 27799=MCCC1A06455.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC794016.
Etymology: L. n. ferrum, iron; L. part. adj. reducens, converting to a different state; N.L. part. adj. ferrireducens, reducing iron (III).
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: ZENG, X., ZHANG, Z., LI, X., JEBBAR, M., ALAIN, K. and SHAO, Z. 2015. Caloranaerobacter ferrireducens sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic, iron (III)-reducing bacterium isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal sulfide deposits. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1714-1718.
Original article in IJSEM Online