Name: Geothermobacter ehrlichii Kashefi et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ehr.li’chi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. ehrlichii, in honor of Henry Lutz Ehrlich, in recognition of his fundamental contributions to the field of geomicrobiology and the area of microbial interactions with metals in particular

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-635; DSM 15274; JCM 12418; SS015

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY155599 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kashefi K, Holmes DE, Baross JA, Lovley DR. Thermophily in the Geobacteraceae: Geothermobacter ehrlichii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic member of the Geobacteraceae from the "Bag City" hydrothermal vent. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:2985-2993.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 102. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:547-549.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Geothermobacter Kashefi et al. 2005. Publication: Kashefi K, Holmes DE, Baross JA, Lovley DR. Thermophily in the Geobacteraceae: Geothermobacter ehrlichii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic member of the Geobacteraceae from the "Bag City" hydrothermal vent. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:2985-2993.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species with the species Desulfuromonas chloroethenica, D. michiganensis, D. acetexigens, D. carbonis and D. palmitatis may be reclassified as a new genus ". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Geothermobacter Kashefi et al. 2005

Assigned by: Kashefi K, Holmes DE, Baross JA, Lovley DR. Thermophily in the Geobacteraceae: Geothermobacter ehrlichii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic member of the Geobacteraceae from the "Bag City" hydrothermal vent. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:2985-2993.

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