Name: Caldicellulosiruptor owensensis Huang et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.wen.sen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. owensensis, pertaining to Owens Lake, CA, USA.

Pronunciation, gender: o-wen-SEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700167; DSM 13100; OL

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16S rRNA gene: U80596 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Huang CY, Patel BK, Mah RA, Baresi L. Caldicellulosiruptor owensensis sp. nov., an anaerobic, extremely thermophilic, xylanolytic bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:91-97.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:629.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Anaerocellum owensensis" (Huang et al. 1998) Bing 2024	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 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. — 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 11 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Caldicellulosiruptor Rainey et al. 1995

Assigned by: Huang CY, Patel BK, Mah RA, Baresi L. Caldicellulosiruptor owensensis sp. nov., an anaerobic, extremely thermophilic, xylanolytic bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:91-97.

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