Name: Caldithrix palaeochoryensis Miroshnichenko et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: KAL-di-t^hrix pa-la͡e-o-k^ho-ry-EN-sis, 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 2026-08-13. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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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