Name: "Anaerocellum obsidiansis" (Hamilton-Brehm et al. 2010) Bing 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis" Hamilton-Brehm et al. 2010

Etymology: ob.si.di.an’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. obsidiansis, from Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National Park, WY [probably better: obsidianensis]

Pronunciation, gender: ob-si-di-AN-sis, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC BAA-2073; JCM 16842; OB47

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ338764 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Bing RG. Metabolic Engineering and Optimization of Non-native Solventogenic Lignocellulose Fermentation by the Extreme Thermophile Anaerocellum bescii. Dissertation. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, 2024.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis" Hamilton-Brehm et al. 2010

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis" Hamilton-Brehm et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Parent taxon: "Anaerocellum" Svetlichny et al. 1990

Assigned by: Bing RG. Metabolic Engineering and Optimization of Non-native Solventogenic Lignocellulose Fermentation by the Extreme Thermophile Anaerocellum bescii. Dissertation. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, 2024.

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Record number: 64784