Genus Caloribacterium
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Caloribacterium Slobodkina et al. 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Caloribacterium cisternae Slobodkina et al. 2012.
Etymology: L. n. calor, heat; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Caloribacterium, a thermophilic rod.
Valid publication: SLOBODKINA (G.B.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.), BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.) and SLOBODKIN (A.I.): Caloribacterium cisternae gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium from an underground gas storage reservoir. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1543-1547.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The noun Caloribacterium is a neo-latin noun, not a Latin noun as cited in the paper by Slobodkina et al. 2012.
Caloribacterium cisternae Slobodkina et al. 2012, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SGL43 = DSM 23830 = VKM B-2670.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JF262044.
Etymology: L. fem. n. cisterna, a reservoir; L. gen. n. cisternae, of/from a reservoir, referring to the source of the type strain.
Valid publication: SLOBODKINA (G.B.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.), BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.) and SLOBODKIN (A.I.): Caloribacterium cisternae gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium from an underground gas storage reservoir. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1543-1547.
Original article in IJSEM Online