Genus Calorithrix
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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").
Calorithrix Kompantseva et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Calorithrix insularis Kompantseva et al. 2017.
Etymology: L. masc. n. calor, heat; Gr. fem. n. thrix, thread; N.L. fem. n. Calorithrix, a thread existing in a hot environment.
Valid publication: KOMPANTSEVA, E. I., KUBLANOV, I. V., PEREVALOVA, A. A., CHERNYH, N. A., TOSHCHAKOV, S. V., LITTI, Y. V., ANTIPOV, A. N., BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA, E. A. and MIROSHNICHENKO, M. L. 2017. Calorithrix insularis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the phylum Calditrichaeota. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1486-1490.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Calorithrix insularis Kompantseva et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KR=DSM 101605=VKM B-3022.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU306340.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. insularis, from an island, insular.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: KOMPANTSEVA, E. I., KUBLANOV, I. V., PEREVALOVA, A. A., CHERNYH, N. A., TOSHCHAKOV, S. V., LITTI, Y. V., ANTIPOV, A. N., BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA, E. A. and MIROSHNICHENKO, M. L. 2017. Calorithrix insularis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the phylum Calditrichaeota. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1486-1490.
Original article in IJSEM Online