Name: Calderobacterium hydrogenophilum Kryukov et al. 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro.ge.no’phi.lum. N.L. neut. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); from Gr. neut. n. hydôr, water; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. philon, friend; N.L. neut. adj. hydrogenophilum, hydrogen loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 2913; INMI Z-829; JCM 8158; Z-829

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16S rRNA gene: Z30242 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kryukov VR, Savelyeva ND, Pusheva MA. Calderobacterium hydrogenophilum nov. gen., nov. sp., an extreme thermophilic hydrogen bacterium, and its hydrogenase activity. Mikrobiologiya 1983; 52:781-788.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 14. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:270-271.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Hydrogenobacter hydrogenophilus (Kryukov et al. 1984) Stöhr et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Hydrogenobacter hydrogenophilus (Kryukov et al. 1984) Stöhr et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Calderobacterium Kryukov et al. 1984. Publication: Kryukov VR, Savelyeva ND, Pusheva MA. Calderobacterium hydrogenophilum nov. gen., nov. sp., an extreme thermophilic hydrogen bacterium, and its hydrogenase activity. Mikrobiologiya 1983; 52:781-788.
  • ❗ Calderobacterium hydrogenophilum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Calderobacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Calderobacterium Kryukov et al. 1984

Assigned by: Kryukov VR, Savelyeva ND, Pusheva MA. Calderobacterium hydrogenophilum nov. gen., nov. sp., an extreme thermophilic hydrogen bacterium, and its hydrogenase activity. Mikrobiologiya 1983; 52:781-788.

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Record number: 774340