Name: Caloramator australicus Ogg and Patel 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: aus.tra’li.cus. N.L. masc. adj. australicus, pertaining to Australia, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 22476; JCM 15081; KCTC 5601; RC3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU409943 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ogg CD, Patel BK. Caloramator australicus sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium from the Great Artesian Basin of Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:95-101.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:645-646.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Ogg and Patel 2011 Ogg CD, Patel BK. Caloramator mitchellensis sp. nov., a thermoanaerobe isolated from the geothermal waters of the Great Artesian Basin of Australia, and emended description of the genus Caloramator. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:644-653. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1237-1238.

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Ogg and Patel 2009, the type strain JCM 15081 is erroneously cited as 1508. — Spring S. Personal communication, 2009-05-04.

Parent taxon: Caloramator Collins et al. 1994

Assigned by: Ogg CD, Patel BK. Caloramator australicus sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium from the Great Artesian Basin of Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:95-101.

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