Name: Hydrogenobacter hydrogenophilus (Kryukov et al. 1984) Stöhr et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Calderobacterium hydrogenophilum Kryukov et al. 1984

Etymology: hy.dro.ge.no’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); from Gr. neut. n. hydôr, water; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. hydrogenophilus, hydrogen loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 2913; INMI Z-829; JCM 8158; Z-829

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z30242 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stohr R, Waberski A, Volker H, Tindall BJ, Thomm M. Hydrogenothermus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium, recognition of Calderobacterium hydrogenophilum as a member of the genus Hydrogenobacter and proposal of the reclassification of Hydrogenobacter acidophilus as Hydrogenobaculum acidophilum gen. nov., comb. nov., in the phylum 'Hydrogenobacter/Aquifex'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1853-1862.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Calderobacterium hydrogenophilum Kryukov et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Hydrogenobacter Kawasumi et al. 1984

Assigned by: Stohr R, Waberski A, Volker H, Tindall BJ, Thomm M. Hydrogenothermus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium, recognition of Calderobacterium hydrogenophilum as a member of the genus Hydrogenobacter and proposal of the reclassification of Hydrogenobacter acidophilus as Hydrogenobaculum acidophilum gen. nov., comb. nov., in the phylum 'Hydrogenobacter/Aquifex'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1853-1862.

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