Name: Ferrithrix thermotolerans Johnson et al. 2009
Etymology: ther.mo.to’le.rans. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. thermotolerans, heat-tolerating, able to tolerate high temperatures
Type strain: ATCC BAA-1645; DSM 19514; Y005
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16S rRNA gene: AY140237 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Johnson DB, Bacelar-Nicolau P, Okibe N, Thomas A, Hallberg KB. Ferrimicrobium acidiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ferrithrix thermotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov.: heterotrophic, iron-oxidizing, extremely acidophilic actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1082-1089.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Ferrithrix Johnson et al. 2009
Assigned by: Johnson DB, Bacelar-Nicolau P, Okibe N, Thomas A, Hallberg KB. Ferrimicrobium acidiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ferrithrix thermotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov.: heterotrophic, iron-oxidizing, extremely acidophilic actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1082-1089.
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Record number: 786612