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Genus Hydrogenothermus
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
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").
Hydrogenothermus Stöhr et al. 2001, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Hydrogenothermaceae Eder and Huber 2003).
Type species: ¤ Hydrogenothermus marinus Stöhr et al. 2001.
Etymology: N.L. n. hydrogenum (from Gr. n. hudôr, water; and Gr. v. gennaô, to produce), hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. n. Hydrogenothermus, hot and water producer.
Valid publication: STÖHR (R.), WABERSKI (A.), VÖLKER (H.), TINDALL (B.J.) and THOMM (M.): Hydrogenothermus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium, recognition of Calderobacterium hydrogenophilum as a member of the genus Hydrogenobacter and proposal of the reclassification of Hydrogenobacter acidophilus as Hydrogenobaculum acidophilum gen. nov., comb. nov., in the phylum 'Hydrogenobacter/Aquifex'. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1853-1862.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Hydrogenothermus marinus Stöhr et al. 2001, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) VM1 = DSM 12046 = JCM 10974.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ292525.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. marinus, of or belonging to the sea, marine.
Valid publication: STÖHR (R.), WABERSKI (A.), VÖLKER (H.), TINDALL (B.J.) and THOMM (M.): Hydrogenothermus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium, recognition of Calderobacterium hydrogenophilum as a member of the genus Hydrogenobacter and proposal of the reclassification of Hydrogenobacter acidophilus as Hydrogenobaculum acidophilum gen. nov., comb. nov., in the phylum 'Hydrogenobacter/Aquifex'. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1853-1862.
Original article in IJSEM Online