Genus Rhabdothermus
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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").
Rhabdothermus Steinsbu et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rhabdothermus arcticus Steinsbu et al. 2011.
Etymology: Gr. n. rhabdos, rod; Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. n. Rhabdothermus, a hot rod.
Valid publication: STEINSBU (B.O.), TINDALL (B.J.), TORSVIK (V.L.), THORSETH (I.H.), DAAE (F.L.) and PEDERSEN (R.B.): Rhabdothermus arcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Thermaceae isolated from a hydrothermal vent chimney in the Soria Moria vent field on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2197-2204.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rhabdothermus arcticus Steinsbu et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 2M70-1 = DSM 22268 = JCM 15963.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HM856631.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. arcticus, northern, Arctic, the place of origin of the type strain.
Valid publication: STEINSBU (B.O.), TINDALL (B.J.), TORSVIK (V.L.), THORSETH (I.H.), DAAE (F.L.) and PEDERSEN (R.B.): Rhabdothermus arcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Thermaceae isolated from a hydrothermal vent chimney in the Soria Moria vent field on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2197-2204.
Original article in IJSEM Online