Name: Galenea microaerophila Giovannelli et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.cro.a.e.ro’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small, little (may keep -o); Gr. masc. n. aêr, gas; Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. microaerophila, low-air-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 24963; JCM 17795; P2D

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: JQ080912 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Giovannelli D, Grosche A, Starovoytov V, Yakimov M, Manini E, Vetriani C. Galenea microaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, microaerophilic, chemosynthetic, thiosulfate-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a shallow-water hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:3060-3066.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:799-800.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Galenea Giovannelli et al. 2012. Publication: Giovannelli D, Grosche A, Starovoytov V, Yakimov M, Manini E, Vetriani C. Galenea microaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, microaerophilic, chemosynthetic, thiosulfate-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a shallow-water hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:3060-3066.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Galenea Giovannelli et al. 2012

Assigned by: Giovannelli D, Grosche A, Starovoytov V, Yakimov M, Manini E, Vetriani C. Galenea microaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, microaerophilic, chemosynthetic, thiosulfate-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a shallow-water hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:3060-3066.

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