Name: Lebetimonas natsushimae Nagata et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: na.tsu’shi.mae. N.L. gen. fem. n. natsushimae, from Natsushima, the name of retired Japanese research vessel used for the exploration of deep-sea hydrothermal field

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 104102; HS1857; NBRC 112478

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC210765 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nagata R, Takaki Y, Tame A, Nunoura T, Muto H, Mino S, Sawayama S, Takai K, Nakagawa S. Lebetimonas natsushimae sp. nov., a novel strictly anaerobic, moderately thermophilic chemoautotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent polychaete nest in the Mid-Okinawa Trough. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:352-356.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 178. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4291-4293.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Lebetimonas Takai et al. 2005

Assigned by: Nagata R, Takaki Y, Tame A, Nunoura T, Muto H, Mino S, Sawayama S, Takai K, Nakagawa S. Lebetimonas natsushimae sp. nov., a novel strictly anaerobic, moderately thermophilic chemoautotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent polychaete nest in the Mid-Okinawa Trough. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:352-356.

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