Genus Thermohydrogenium
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").
Thermohydrogenium Zacharova et al. 1996, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thermohydrogenium kirishiense Zacharova et al. 1996.
Etymology: Not given in the paper by Zacharova et al. 1996. The etymology seems to be the following: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. neut. n. hydrogenium, hydogen; N.L. neut. n. Thermohydrogenium, a thermophilic bacterium producing hydrogen.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 57. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 625-626.
Effective publication: ZACHAROVA (E.V.), MITROFANOVA (T.I.), KRASILNIKOVA (E.N.) and KONDRATIEVA (E.N.): Thermohydrogenium kirishiense gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new anaerobic thermophilic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol., 1993, 160, 492-497.
Validation List no. 57 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Thermohydrogenium kirishiense Zacharova et al. 1996, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ZE-7 (strain deposited in the collection of the Department of Microbiology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia) = DSM 11055.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FR749963 (type strain DSM 11055, clone 1), FR749964 (type strain DSM 11055, clone 2), FR749965 (type strain DSM 11055, clone 3).
Etymology: Not given in the paper by Zacharova et al. 1996. The etymology seems to be the following: N.L. neut. adj. kirishiense, of or belonging to Kirishi.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 57. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 625-626.
Effective publication: ZACHAROVA (E.V.), MITROFANOVA (T.I.), KRASILNIKOVA (E.N.) and KONDRATIEVA (E.N.): Thermohydrogenium kirishiense gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new anaerobic thermophilic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol., 1993, 160, 492-497.
Validation List no. 57 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: The 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain shows an unexpected affiliation with a deep branch in ¤ Clostridia (98.3% similarity against ¤ Thermoanaerobacterium aotearoense).
Reference: YARZA (P.), SPRÖER (C.), SWIDERSKI (J.), MROTZEK (N.), SPRING (S.), TINDALL (B.J.), GRONOW (S.), PUKALL (R.), KLENK (H.P.), LANG (E.), VERBARG (S.), CROUCH (A.), LILBURN (T.), BECK (B.), UNOSSON (C.), CARDEW (S.), MOORE (E.R.B.), GOMILA (M.), NAKAGAWA (Y.), JANSSENS (D.), DE VOS (P.), PEIREN (J.), SUTTELS (T.), CLERMONT (D.), BIZET (C.), SAKAMOTO (M.), IIDA (T.), KUDO (T.), KOSAKO (Y.), OSHIDA (Y.), OHKUMA (M.), ARAHAL (D.R.), SPIECK (E.), POMMERENING ROESER (A.), FIGGE (M.), PARK (D.), BUCHANAN (P.), CIFUENTES (A.), MUNOZ (R.), EUZEBY (J.P.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), LUDWIG (W.), AMANN (R.), GLÖCKNER (F.O.) and RÓSSELLO-MÓRA (R.): Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2013, 36, 69-73.
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