Name: Anaerobranca gottschalkii Prowe and Antranikian 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gott.schalk’i.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

Gender: 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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