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.
  • 🎓 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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