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. fem. part. adj. hydrogenitolerans, hydrogen-tolerating, referring to its ability to tolerate a high level of hydrogen in the headspace

Pronunciation, gender: hy-dro-ge-ni-TO-le-rans, feminine

Type strain: AT1271; DSM 16785; JCM 12826

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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. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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