Name: Caloramator boliviensis Crespo et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bo.li.vi.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. boliviensis, of or belonging to Bolivia, the country from which the organism was first isolated

Pronunciation, gender: bo-li-wi-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 45B; CCUG 57396; DSM 22065

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16S rRNA gene: FM244718 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Crespo C, Pozzo T, Karlsson EN, Alvarez MT, Mattiasson B. Caloramator boliviensis sp. nov., a thermophilic, ethanol-producing bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1679-1686.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2313-2314.

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: Caloramator Collins et al. 1994

Assigned by: Crespo C, Pozzo T, Karlsson EN, Alvarez MT, Mattiasson B. Caloramator boliviensis sp. nov., a thermophilic, ethanol-producing bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1679-1686.

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Record number: 789987