Name: Exilispira thermophila Imachi et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.la. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermophila, heat-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 26260; JCM 14728; KCTC 5595; NBRC 103205; RASEN

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16S rRNA gene: AB364473 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Imachi H, Sakai S, Hirayama H, Nakagawa S, Nunoura T, Takai K, Horikoshi K. Exilispira thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic spirochaete isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2258-2265.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Exilispira Imachi et al. 2008. Publication: Imachi H, Sakai S, Hirayama H, Nakagawa S, Nunoura T, Takai K, Horikoshi K. Exilispira thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic spirochaete isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2258-2265.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Exilispira Imachi et al. 2008

Assigned by: Imachi H, Sakai S, Hirayama H, Nakagawa S, Nunoura T, Takai K, Horikoshi K. Exilispira thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic spirochaete isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2258-2265.

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