Name: Fervidobacterium changbaicum Cai et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … k^han͡g-BA-i-kum, neuter

Type strain: CBS 1; DSM 17883; JCM 13353

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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. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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