Name: Fervidobacterium changbaicum Cai et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chang.bai’cum. N.L. neut. adj. changbaicum, pertaining to the isolation of the organism from the Changbai Mountains, China

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CBS 1; DSM 17883; JCM 13353

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY878719 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cai J, Wang Y, Liu D, Zeng Y, Xue Y, Ma Y, Feng Y. Fervidobacterium changbaicum sp. nov., a novel thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from a hot spring of the Changbai Mountains, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2333-2336.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Fervidobacterium Patel et al. 1985

Assigned by: Cai J, Wang Y, Liu D, Zeng Y, Xue Y, Ma Y, Feng Y. Fervidobacterium changbaicum sp. nov., a novel thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from a hot spring of the Changbai Mountains, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2333-2336.

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Record number: 786830