Name: Kosmotoga olearia DiPippo et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.le.a’ri.a. L. fem. adj. olearia, of or belonging to oil, describing the environment from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1733; DSM 21960; TBF 19.5.1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU980631 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dipippo JL, Nesbo CL, Dahle H, Doolittle WF, Birkland NK, Noll KM. Kosmotoga olearia gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic heterotroph isolated from an oil production fluid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2991-3000.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:473-474.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Kosmotoga DiPippo et al. 2009. Publication: Dipippo JL, Nesbo CL, Dahle H, Doolittle WF, Birkland NK, Noll KM. Kosmotoga olearia gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic heterotroph isolated from an oil production fluid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2991-3000.
  • 😷 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: Kosmotoga DiPippo et al. 2009

Assigned by: Dipippo JL, Nesbo CL, Dahle H, Doolittle WF, Birkland NK, Noll KM. Kosmotoga olearia gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic heterotroph isolated from an oil production fluid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2991-3000.

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Record number: 788287