Name: Caloramator mitchellensis Ogg and Patel 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mit.chel.len’sis. N.L. masc. adj. mitchellensis, of or pertaining to the Mitchell bore in QLD, Australia, from which the strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: mit-k^hel-LEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 25793; JCM 15828; KCTC 5735; VF08

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16S rRNA gene: GU723692 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: 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.

IJSEM list: 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.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Caloramator Collins et al. 1994

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 789071