Genus Thermoterrabacterium
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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").
Thermoterrabacterium Slobodkin et al. 1997, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens Slobodkin et al. 1997.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; L. n. terra, earth, soil; L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Thermoterrabacterium, rod-shaped bacterium from heated land.
Valid publication: SLOBODKIN (A.), REYSENBACH (A.L.), STRUTZ (N.), DREIER (M.) and WIEGEL (J.): Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic anaerobic dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a continental hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 541-547.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Carboxydothermus Svetlichny et al. 1991.
Note: Slobodkin et al. 2006 propose to transfer ¤ Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens Slobodkin et al. 1997 (the type species of the genus Thermoterrabacterium) to the genus ¤ Carboxydothermus as ¤ Carboxydothermus ferrireducens (Slobodkin et al. 1997) Slobodkin et al. 2006, comb. nov. According to Rule 37a, bacteriologists adhering to this proposal must change the name Thermoterrabacterium to ¤ Carboxydothermus.
Reference: SLOBODKIN (A.I.), SOKOLOVA (T.G.), LYSENKO (A.M.) and WIEGEL (J.): Reclassification of Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens as Carboxydothermus ferrireducens comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Carboxydothermus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2349-2351.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens Slobodkin et al. 1997, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JW/AS-Y7 = DSM 11255 = VKM B-2392.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U76363.
Etymology: L. n. ferrum, iron; L. part. adj. reducens, converting to a different state; N.L. part. adj. ferrireducens, reducing (ferric) iron.
Valid publication: SLOBODKIN (A.), REYSENBACH (A.L.), STRUTZ (N.), DREIER (M.) and WIEGEL (J.): Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic anaerobic dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a continental hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 541-547.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Carboxydothermus ferrireducens (Slobodkin et al. 1997) Slobodkin et al. 2006, comb. nov.