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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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