Name: Caminicella sporogenes Alain et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spo.rog.en’es. Gr. fem. n. spora, a spore; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, produce; N.L. part. adj. sporogenes, spore-producing

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AM1114; CIP 107141; DSM 14501

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ320233 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Alain K, Pignet P, Zbinden M, Quillevere M, Duchiron F, Donval JP, Lesongeur F, Raguenes G, Crassous P, Querellou J, et al. Caminicella sporogenes gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic spore-forming bacterium isolated from an East-Pacific Rise hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1621-1628.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Caminicella Alain et al. 2002. Publication: Alain K, Pignet P, Zbinden M, Quillevere M, Duchiron F, Donval JP, Lesongeur F, Raguenes G, Crassous P, Querellou J, et al. Caminicella sporogenes gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic spore-forming bacterium isolated from an East-Pacific Rise hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1621-1628.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Caminicella Alain et al. 2002

Assigned by: Alain K, Pignet P, Zbinden M, Quillevere M, Duchiron F, Donval JP, Lesongeur F, Raguenes G, Crassous P, Querellou J, et al. Caminicella sporogenes gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic spore-forming bacterium isolated from an East-Pacific Rise hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1621-1628.

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