Name: Caldanaerobius zeae (Cann et al. 2001) Lee et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thermoanaerobacterium zeae Cann et al. 2001

Etymology: ze’ae. L. fem. n. Zea, the Latin genus name of maize; L. gen. fem. n. zeae, of Zea mays

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-16; DSM 13642; mel2

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16S rRNA gene: U75993 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee YJ, Mackie RI, Cann IK, Wiegel J. Description of Caldanaerobius fijiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an inulin-degrading, ethanol-producing, thermophilic bacterium from a Fijian hot spring sediment, and reclassification of Thermoanaerobacterium polysaccharolyticum and Thermoanaerobacterium zeae as Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus comb. nov. and Caldanaerobius zeae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:666-670.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1273-1274.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermoanaerobacterium zeae Cann et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Caldanaerobius Lee et al. 2008

Assigned by: Lee YJ, Mackie RI, Cann IK, Wiegel J. Description of Caldanaerobius fijiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an inulin-degrading, ethanol-producing, thermophilic bacterium from a Fijian hot spring sediment, and reclassification of Thermoanaerobacterium polysaccharolyticum and Thermoanaerobacterium zeae as Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus comb. nov. and Caldanaerobius zeae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:666-670.

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Record number: 787227