Name: Caldithrix palaeochoryensis Miroshnichenko et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.lae.o.cho.ry.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. palaeochoryensis, pertaining to Palaeochory Bay in Greece, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21940; MC; VKM B-2536

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16S rRNA gene: FJ999729 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Miroshnichenko ML, Kolganova TV, Spring S, Chernyh N, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Caldithrix palaeochoryensis sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic, chemo-organotrophic bacterium from a geothermally heated sediment, and emended description of the genus Caldithrix. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2120-2123.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2695-2696.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Caldithrix Miroshnichenko et al. 2003

Assigned by: Miroshnichenko ML, Kolganova TV, Spring S, Chernyh N, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Caldithrix palaeochoryensis sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic, chemo-organotrophic bacterium from a geothermally heated sediment, and emended description of the genus Caldithrix. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2120-2123.

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Record number: 788757