Name: Antarctobacter heliothermus Labrenz et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: he.li.o.ther’mus. Gr. masc. n. hêlios, Sun; Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. adj. heliothermus, heated by the Sun, referring to the heliothermal waters of Ekho Lake, from where the species was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 106394; DSM 11445; EL-219

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y11552 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Labrenz M, Collins MD, Lawson PA, Tindall BJ, Braker G, Hirsch P. Antarctobacter heliothermus gen. nov., sp. nov., a budding bacterium from hypersaline and heliothermal Ekho Lake. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1363-1372.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Antarctobacter Labrenz et al. 1998. Publication: Labrenz M, Collins MD, Lawson PA, Tindall BJ, Braker G, Hirsch P. Antarctobacter heliothermus gen. nov., sp. nov., a budding bacterium from hypersaline and heliothermal Ekho Lake. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1363-1372.
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Antarctobacter Labrenz et al. 1998

Assigned by: Labrenz M, Collins MD, Lawson PA, Tindall BJ, Braker G, Hirsch P. Antarctobacter heliothermus gen. nov., sp. nov., a budding bacterium from hypersaline and heliothermal Ekho Lake. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1363-1372.

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