Name: Dictyoglomus turgidum corrig. Svetlichny and Svetlichnayá 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tur’gi.dum. L. neut. adj. turgidum, swollen, inflated, because the cells form spherical aggregates

Pronunciation, gender: TUR-gi-dum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 6724; Strain 2-1310; Z-1310

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16S rRNA gene: CP001251 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Svetlichny VA, Svetlichnayá TP. Dictyoglomus turgidus sp. nov., a new extremely thermophilic eubacterium isolated from hot springs of the Uzon volcano caldera. Mikrobiologiya 1988; 57:435-441.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 55. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:879-880.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Dictyoglomus turgidus Svetlichny and Svetlichnayá 1995	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 22 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 48:1073; Dictyoglomus turgidus (sic). Publication: Euzéby JP. Taxonomic note: necessary correction of specific and subspecific epithets according to Rules 12c and 13b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 Revision). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1073-1075.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, turgidus (sic), has been corrected by Euzéby 1998. Publication: Euzéby JP. Taxonomic note: necessary correction of specific and subspecific epithets according to Rules 12c and 13b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 Revision). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1073-1075.

Parent taxon: Dictyoglomus Saiki et al. 1985

Assigned by: Svetlichny VA, Svetlichnayá TP. Dictyoglomus turgidus sp. nov., a new extremely thermophilic eubacterium isolated from hot springs of the Uzon volcano caldera. Mikrobiologiya 1988; 57:435-441.

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