Name: Caldalkalibacillus thermarum Xue et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.ma’rum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. thermarum, of warm springs

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.4242; HA6; JCM 13486

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY753654 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xue Y, Zhang X, Zhou C, Zhao Y, Cowan DA, Heaphy S, Grant WD, Jones BE, Ventosa A, Ma Y. Caldalkalibacillus thermarum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alkalithermophilic bacterium from a hot spring in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1217-1221.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2029-2030.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Caldalkalibacillus Xue et al. 2006. Publication: Xue Y, Zhang X, Zhou C, Zhao Y, Cowan DA, Heaphy S, Grant WD, Jones BE, Ventosa A, Ma Y. Caldalkalibacillus thermarum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alkalithermophilic bacterium from a hot spring in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1217-1221.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 26 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Caldalkalibacillus Xue et al. 2006

Assigned by: Xue Y, Zhang X, Zhou C, Zhao Y, Cowan DA, Heaphy S, Grant WD, Jones BE, Ventosa A, Ma Y. Caldalkalibacillus thermarum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alkalithermophilic bacterium from a hot spring in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1217-1221.

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Record number: 783579