Genus Geothermomicrobium
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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").
Geothermomicrobium Zhou et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Geothermomicrobium terrae Zhou et al. 2014.
Etymology: Gr. n. ge, the Earth; Gr. n. thermos, heat; N.L. pref. micro-, from Gr. adj. mikros, small; Gr. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Geothermomicrobium, a microbe from hot earth.
Valid publication: ZHOU, E.-M., YU, T.-T., LIU, L., MING, H., YIN, Y.-R., DONG, L., TSENG, M., NIE, G.-X. and LI, W.-J. 2014. Geothermomicrobium terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2998-3004.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Geothermomicrobium terrae Zhou et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM 77562=CCTCC AA 2011022=JCM 18057.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB859256.
Etymology: L. gen. n. terrae, of the soil, the source of the type strain.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: ZHOU, E.-M., YU, T.-T., LIU, L., MING, H., YIN, Y.-R., DONG, L., TSENG, M., NIE, G.-X. and LI, W.-J. 2014. Geothermomicrobium terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2998-3004.
Original article in IJSEM Online