Name: Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Svetlichny et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro.ge.no.for’mans. N.L. neut. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); from Gr. neut. n. hydôr, water; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; L. pres. part. formans, forming; N.L. masc. part. adj. hydrogenoformans, hydrogen-forming

Pronunciation, gender: hy-dro-ge-no-FOR-mans, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-161; DSM 6008; Z-2901

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP000141 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Svetlichny VA, Sokolova TG, Gerhardt M, Ringpfeil M, Kostrikina NA, Zavarzin GA. Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans gen. nov., sp. nov., a CO-utilizing thermophilic anaerobic bacterium from hydrothermal environments of Kunashir Island. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1991; 14:254-260.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 39. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:580-581.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Carboxydothermus Svetlichny et al. 1991. Publication: Svetlichny VA, Sokolova TG, Gerhardt M, Ringpfeil M, Kostrikina NA, Zavarzin GA. Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans gen. nov., sp. nov., a CO-utilizing thermophilic anaerobic bacterium from hydrothermal environments of Kunashir Island. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1991; 14:254-260.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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. — 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 72 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans subsp. ferrireducens" (Slobodkin et al. 1997) Bing 2024	not validly published	synonym
    "Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans subsp. hydrogenoformans" (Svetlichny et al. 1991) Bing 2024	not validly published	synonym of its species

Parent taxon: Carboxydothermus Svetlichny et al. 1991

Assigned by: Svetlichny VA, Sokolova TG, Gerhardt M, Ringpfeil M, Kostrikina NA, Zavarzin GA. Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans gen. nov., sp. nov., a CO-utilizing thermophilic anaerobic bacterium from hydrothermal environments of Kunashir Island. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1991; 14:254-260.

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