Name: Lebetimonas acidiphila Takai et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ci.di’phi.la. L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. acidiphila, acid-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 16356; JCM 12420; Pd55

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16S rRNA gene: AB167820 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takai K, Hirayama H, Nakagawa T, Suzuki Y, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Lebetimonas acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, acidophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the 'Epsilonproteobacteria', isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal fumarole in the Mariana Arc. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:183-189.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Lebetimonas Takai et al. 2005. Publication: Takai K, Hirayama H, Nakagawa T, Suzuki Y, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Lebetimonas acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, acidophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the 'Epsilonproteobacteria', isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal fumarole in the Mariana Arc. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:183-189.
  • 😷 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: Lebetimonas Takai et al. 2005

Assigned by: Takai K, Hirayama H, Nakagawa T, Suzuki Y, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Lebetimonas acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, acidophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the 'Epsilonproteobacteria', isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal fumarole in the Mariana Arc. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:183-189.

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Record number: 777443