Name: Fervidobacterium gondwanense Andrews and Patel 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gond.wan.en’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

Gender: 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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