Genus Thermicanus
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Thermicanus Gößner et al. 2000, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thermicanus aegyptius Gößner et al. 2000.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. adj. icanus (from Gr. masc. adj. hikanos), capable; N.L. masc. n. Thermicanus, the capable thermophile.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 73. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 423-424.
Effective publication: GÖßNER (A.S.), DEVEREUX (R.), OHNEMÜLLER (N.), ACKER (G.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and DRAKE (H.L.): Thermicanus aegyptius gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from oxic soil, a fermentative microaerophile that grows commensally with the thermophilic acetogen Moorella thermoacetica. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 1999, 65, 5124-5133.
Validation List no. 73 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Thermicanus aegyptius Gößner et al. 2000, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ET-5b = ATCC 700890= DSM 12793.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ242495.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. aegyptius, Egyptian, from Egypt (to indicate the origin of the type species).
Valid publication: Validation List no. 73. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 423-424.
Effective publication: GÖßNER (A.S.), DEVEREUX (R.), OHNEMÜLLER (N.), ACKER (G.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and DRAKE (H.L.): Thermicanus aegyptius gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from oxic soil, a fermentative microaerophile that grows commensally with the thermophilic acetogen Moorella thermoacetica. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 1999, 65, 5124-5133.
Validation List no. 73 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online