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Species Caldinitratiruptor microaerophilus
Name: Caldinitratiruptor microaerophilus Fardeau et al. 2025
Etymology: mi.cro.a.e.ro’phi.lus. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small, little (may keep -o); Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. microaerophilus, low-air loving
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mi-kro-a-e-RO-phi-lus, masculine
Type strain: CA62N; DSM 22660; JCM 16183
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
GQ405534
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Fardeau ML, Barsotti V, Cayol JL, Guasco S, Michotey V, Joseph M, Bonin P, Ollivier B. Caldinitratiruptor microaerophilus, gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from a French hot spring (Chaudes-Aigues, Massif Central): a novel cultivated facultative microaerophilic anaerobic thermophile pertaining to the Symbiobacterium branch within the Firmicutes. Extremophiles 2010; 14:241-247. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 222. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6640.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Caldinitratiruptor Fardeau et al. 2025.
Publication:
Fardeau ML, Barsotti V, Cayol JL, Guasco S, Michotey V, Joseph M, Bonin P, Ollivier B. Caldinitratiruptor microaerophilus, gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from a French hot spring (Chaudes-Aigues, Massif Central): a novel cultivated facultative microaerophilic anaerobic thermophile pertaining to the Symbiobacterium branch within the Firmicutes. Extremophiles 2010; 14:241-247. 🇫🇷
- 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-04-08.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Caldinitratiruptor Fardeau et al. 2025.
Publication:
Fardeau ML, Barsotti V, Cayol JL, Guasco S, Michotey V, Joseph M, Bonin P, Ollivier B. Caldinitratiruptor microaerophilus, gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from a French hot spring (Chaudes-Aigues, Massif Central): a novel cultivated facultative microaerophilic anaerobic thermophile pertaining to the Symbiobacterium branch within the Firmicutes. Extremophiles 2010; 14:241-247.
Parent taxon: Caldinitratiruptor Fardeau et al. 2025
Assigned by:
Fardeau ML, Barsotti V, Cayol JL, Guasco S, Michotey V, Joseph M, Bonin P, Ollivier B. Caldinitratiruptor microaerophilus, gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from a French hot spring (Chaudes-Aigues, Massif Central): a novel cultivated facultative microaerophilic anaerobic thermophile pertaining to the Symbiobacterium branch within the Firmicutes. Extremophiles 2010; 14:241-247. 🇫🇷
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Record number: 64694
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