Name: Kosmotoga pacifica L'Haridon et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ci’fi.ca. L. fem. adj. pacifica, peaceful, referring to the Pacific Ocean, the origin of the type strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 26965; JCM 19180; MCCC 1A00641; SLHLJ1; UBOCC 3254

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC119212 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: L'Haridon S, Jiang L, Alain K, Chalopin M, Rouxel O, Beauverger M, Xu H, Shao Z, Jebbar M. Kosmotoga pacifica sp. nov., a thermophilic chemoorganoheterotrophic bacterium isolated from an East Pacific hydrothermal sediment. Extremophiles 2014; 18:81-88.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 167. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Kosmotoga DiPippo et al. 2009

Assigned by: L'Haridon S, Jiang L, Alain K, Chalopin M, Rouxel O, Beauverger M, Xu H, Shao Z, Jebbar M. Kosmotoga pacifica sp. nov., a thermophilic chemoorganoheterotrophic bacterium isolated from an East Pacific hydrothermal sediment. Extremophiles 2014; 18:81-88.

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Record number: 792905