Name: Anaerobranca gottschalkii Prowe and Antranikian 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gott.schal’ki.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. gottschalkii, of Gottschalk, named after Gerhard Gottschalk, in recognition of his pioneering contributions to our knowledge of the physiology and metabolism of anaerobes

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gott-S͡HAL-ki-i, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-51; DSM 13577; LBS3

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16S rRNA gene: AF203703 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Prowe SG, Antranikian G. Anaerobranca gottschalkii sp. nov., a novel thermoalkaliphilic bacterium that grows anaerobically at high pH and temperature. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:457-465. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published because the effective publication only documents deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Anaerobranca gottschalkii Prowe and Antranikian 2001 is to be considered to be validly published. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Anaerobranca Engle et al. 1995

Assigned by: Prowe SG, Antranikian G. Anaerobranca gottschalkii sp. nov., a novel thermoalkaliphilic bacterium that grows anaerobically at high pH and temperature. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:457-465. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 773241