Name: Caldicoprobacter guelmensis Bouanane-Darenfed et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gu.el.men’sis. N.L. masc. adj. guelmensis, of or pertaining to Guelma

Pronunciation, gender: gu-el-MEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: D2C22; DSM 24605; JCM 17646

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ707908 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bouanane-Darenfed A, Ben Hania W, Hacene H, Cayol JL, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Caldicoprobacter guelmensis sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic, xylanolytic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2049-2053.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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

Parent taxon: Caldicoprobacter Yokoyama et al. 2010

Assigned by: Bouanane-Darenfed A, Ben Hania W, Hacene H, Cayol JL, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Caldicoprobacter guelmensis sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic, xylanolytic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2049-2053.

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Record number: 790852