Name: Desulfosoma caldarium Baena et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cal.da’ri.um. L. neut. adj. caldarium, pertaining to warmth, warming

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 22027; KCTC 5670; USBA 53

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ491989 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Baena S, Perdomo N, Carvajal C, Diaz C, Patel BK. Desulfosoma caldarium gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from a terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:732-736.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1502-1503.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfosoma Baena et al. 2011. Publication: Baena S, Perdomo N, Carvajal C, Diaz C, Patel BK. Desulfosoma caldarium gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from a terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:732-736.
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Desulfosoma Baena et al. 2011

Assigned by: Baena S, Perdomo N, Carvajal C, Diaz C, Patel BK. Desulfosoma caldarium gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from a terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:732-736.

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