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

Gender: 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 22 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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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