Species Brockia lithotrophica

Name: Brockia lithotrophica Perevalova et al. 2013

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: li.tho.tro’phi.ca. Gr. masc./fem. n. lithos, stone; N.L. fem. adj. trophica, nursing, tending or feeding; from Gr. fem. adj. trophikê; N.L. fem. adj. lithotrophica, inorganic-substrate-consuming

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: BROK-ki-a li-t^ho-TRO-p^hi-ka, feminine

Type strain: DSM 22653; Kam1851; VKM B-2685

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ540553 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Perevalova AA, Kublanov IV, Baslerov RV, Zhang G, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Brockia lithotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium from a terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:479-483. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Brockia Perevalova et al. 2013. Publication: Perevalova AA, Kublanov IV, Baslerov RV, Zhang G, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Brockia lithotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium from a terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:479-483. 🇷🇺
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Brockia Perevalova et al. 2013

Assigned by: Perevalova AA, Kublanov IV, Baslerov RV, Zhang G, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Brockia lithotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium from a terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:479-483. 🇷🇺

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