Name: Balnearium lithotrophicum Takai et al. 2003
Etymology: li.tho.tro’phi.cum. Gr. masc./fem. n. lithos, stone; Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. neut. adj. lithotrophicum, referring to its lithotrophic metabolism
Type strain: 17S; ATCC BAA-736; DSM 16304; JCM 11970
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16S rRNA gene: AB105049 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Takai K, Nakagawa S, Sako Y, Horikoshi K. Balnearium lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, strictly anaerobic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph isolated from a black smoker chimney in the Suiyo Seamount hydrothermal system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1947-1954.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:309-311.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Balnearium Takai et al. 2003
Assigned by: Takai K, Nakagawa S, Sako Y, Horikoshi K. Balnearium lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, strictly anaerobic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph isolated from a black smoker chimney in the Suiyo Seamount hydrothermal system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1947-1954.
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Record number: 773981