Name: Carboxydothermus pertinax Yoneda et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: per.ti.nax. L. adj. pertinax, very tenacious, persistent, referring to their persistence in acidic hot water

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 23698; NBRC 107576; Ug1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB573431 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoneda Y, Yoshida T, Kawaichi S, Daifuku T, Takabe K, Sako Y. Carboxydothermus pertinax sp. nov., a thermophilic, hydrogenogenic, Fe(III)-reducing, sulfur-reducing carboxydotrophic bacterium from an acidic hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1692-1697.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2313-2314.

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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Carboxydothermus Svetlichny et al. 1991

Assigned by: Yoneda Y, Yoshida T, Kawaichi S, Daifuku T, Takabe K, Sako Y. Carboxydothermus pertinax sp. nov., a thermophilic, hydrogenogenic, Fe(III)-reducing, sulfur-reducing carboxydotrophic bacterium from an acidic hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1692-1697.

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