Name: Marinitoga hydrogenitolerans Postec et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro.ge.ni.to.le.rans. N.L. neut. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); from Gr. neut. n. hydôr, water; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. hydrogenitolerans, hydrogen-tolerating, referring to its ability to tolerate a high level of hydrogen in the headspace

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AT1271; DSM 16785; JCM 12826

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ786363 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Postec A, Le Breton C, Fardeau ML, Lesongeur F, Pignet P, Querellou J, Ollivier B, Godfroy A. Marinitoga hydrogenitolerans sp. nov., a novel member of the order Thermotogales isolated from a black smoker chimney on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1217-1221.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.

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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Marinitoga Wery et al. 2001

Assigned by: Postec A, Le Breton C, Fardeau ML, Lesongeur F, Pignet P, Querellou J, Ollivier B, Godfroy A. Marinitoga hydrogenitolerans sp. nov., a novel member of the order Thermotogales isolated from a black smoker chimney on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1217-1221.

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Record number: 777685