Name: Carboxydibrachium pacificum corrig. Sokolova et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ci’fi.cum. L. neut. adj. pacificum, peaceful, referring to the Pacific Ocean, from the western part of which the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-271; DSM 12653; JM

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16S rRNA gene: AF174484 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sokolova TG, Gonzalez JM, Kostrikina NA, Chernyh NA, Tourova TP, Kato C, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Robb FT. Carboxydobrachium pacificum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new anaerobic, thermophilic, CO-utilizing marine bacterium from Okinawa Trough. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:141-149.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:269.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Carboxydobrachium pacificum Sokolova et al. 2001	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Caldanaerobacter subterraneus subsp. pacificus (Sokolova et al. 2001) Fardeau et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Carboxydibrachium corrig. Sokolova et al. 2001. Publication: Sokolova TG, Gonzalez JM, Kostrikina NA, Chernyh NA, Tourova TP, Kato C, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Robb FT. Carboxydobrachium pacificum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new anaerobic, thermophilic, CO-utilizing marine bacterium from Okinawa Trough. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:141-149.
  • 📧 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: Carboxydobrachium pacificum (sic); IJSEM 51:269. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:269.
  • 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published because the effective publication only documents deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Carboxydibrachium pacificum corrig. Sokolova et al. 2001 is to be considered to be validly published. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.
  • 🧍 The original spelling Carboxydobrachium (sic) pacificum, has been corrected by the List Editor, IJSEM. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:269.

Parent taxon: Carboxydibrachium corrig. Sokolova et al. 2001

Assigned by: Sokolova TG, Gonzalez JM, Kostrikina NA, Chernyh NA, Tourova TP, Kato C, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Robb FT. Carboxydobrachium pacificum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new anaerobic, thermophilic, CO-utilizing marine bacterium from Okinawa Trough. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:141-149.

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