Name: Anoxybacillus calidus Cihan et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca’li.dus. L. masc. adj. calidus, hot, referring to hot habitats

Gender: masculine

Type strain: C161ab; DSM 25220; NCIMB 14851

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16S rRNA gene: FJ430012 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cihan AC, Cokmus C, Koc M, Ozcan B. Anoxybacillus calidus sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from soil near a thermal power plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:211-219.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1075-1076.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the original paper, the DSMZ collection accession number of the type strain was erroneously cited as DSM 25520. The correct number is DSM 25220 (IJSEM 64:2508). Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2014; 64:2508.
  • 🧍 The DSM accession number is DSM 25220 not DSM 25520 as given in the original article. — Pukall R. Personal communication, unspecified date.

Parent taxon: Anoxybacillus Pikuta et al. 2000

Assigned by: Cihan AC, Cokmus C, Koc M, Ozcan B. Anoxybacillus calidus sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from soil near a thermal power plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:211-219.

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