Name: Caloramator coolhaasii Plugge et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.ol.haas’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. coolhaasii, of Coolhaas, named after Caspar Coolhaas, a Dutch microbiologist, who was the first to describe thermophilic protein degradation under methanogenic conditions

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 12679; KCTC 15121; Z

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF104215 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Plugge CM, Zoetendal EG, Stams AJ. Caloramator coolhaasii sp. nov., a glutamate-degrading, moderately thermophilic anaerobe. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1155-1162.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Caloramator Collins et al. 1994

Assigned by: Plugge CM, Zoetendal EG, Stams AJ. Caloramator coolhaasii sp. nov., a glutamate-degrading, moderately thermophilic anaerobe. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1155-1162.

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