Name: Fervidobacterium gondwanense Andrews and Patel 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gond.wa.nen’se. L. neut. adj. gondwanense, pertaining to the large land mass known as Gondwana, which included Australia, Africa, India, and South America before they separated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gond-wa-NEN-se, neuter

Type strain: AB39; ACM 5017; DSM 13020

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16S rRNA gene: Z49117 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Andrews KT, Patel BK. Fervidobacterium gondwanense sp. nov., a new thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from nonvolcanically heated geothermal waters of the Great Artesian Basin of Australia. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:265-269. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:627.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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. — 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 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Fervidobacterium Patel et al. 1985

Assigned by: Andrews KT, Patel BK. Fervidobacterium gondwanense sp. nov., a new thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from nonvolcanically heated geothermal waters of the Great Artesian Basin of Australia. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:265-269. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 776196