Name: "Chloracidobacterium thermophilum" Tank and Bryant 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.lum. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. neut. adj. thermophilum, heat-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … t^her-MO-p^hi-lum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC BAA-2647; B; JCM 30199

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16S rRNA gene: CP072632 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Tank M, Bryant DA. Chloracidobacterium thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov.: an anoxygenic microaerophilic chlorophotoheterotrophic acidobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1426-1430. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2343-2344.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum" Bryant et al. 2007

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum" Bryant et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Chloracidobacterium" Tank and Bryant 2015. Publication: Tank M, Bryant DA. Chloracidobacterium thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov.: an anoxygenic microaerophilic chlorophotoheterotrophic acidobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1426-1430. 🇺🇸
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 Considered not validly published. At least one of the type-strain deposits is affected by an MTA issued by the Yellowstone National Park, and the recipient needs to obtain a prior written consent on use of the deposit from the depositor. — Oren A. Personal communication, 2021-08-31.

Parent taxon: "Chloracidobacterium" Tank and Bryant 2015

Assigned by: Tank M, Bryant DA. Chloracidobacterium thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov.: an anoxygenic microaerophilic chlorophotoheterotrophic acidobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1426-1430. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 792790