Name: Coprothermobacter platensis Etchebehere et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: plat.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. platensis, pertaining to Rio de la Plata, a river between Uruguay and Argentina, the region where the strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 3R; DSM 11748

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y08935 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Etchebehere C, Pavan ME, Zorzopulos J, Soubes M, Muxi L. Coprothermobacter platensis sp. nov., a new anaerobic proteolytic thermophilic bacterium isolated from an anaerobic mesophilic sludge. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1297-1304.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:5-6.

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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Coprothermobacter Rainey and Stackebrandt 1993

Assigned by: Etchebehere C, Pavan ME, Zorzopulos J, Soubes M, Muxi L. Coprothermobacter platensis sp. nov., a new anaerobic proteolytic thermophilic bacterium isolated from an anaerobic mesophilic sludge. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1297-1304.

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Record number: 775120