Name: Caminibacter mediatlanticus Voordeckers et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.di.at.lan’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. medius, middle; L. masc. adj. atlanticus, Atlantic; N.L. masc. adj. mediatlanticus, middle Atlantic

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16658; JCM 12641; TB-2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY691430 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Voordeckers JW, Starovoytov V, Vetriani C. Caminibacter mediatlanticus sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:773-779.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Caminibacter Alain et al. 2002

Assigned by: Voordeckers JW, Starovoytov V, Vetriani C. Caminibacter mediatlanticus sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:773-779.

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Record number: 774368