Name: Meiothermus cateniformans Zhang et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.te.ni.for’mans. L. fem. n. catena, chain; L. pres. part. formans, forming, fashioning; N.L. masc. part. adj. cateniformans, chain-forming, referring to the fact that cells occur in chains after the end of the exponential growth phase

Pronunciation, gender: ka-te-ni-FOR-mans, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6990; JCM 15151; LY 1

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16S rRNA gene: EU247891 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang XQ, Zhang WJ, Wei BP, Xu XW, Zhu XF, Wu M. Meiothermus cateniformans sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic species from north-eastern China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:840-844.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1480-1481.

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: Meiothermus Nobre et al. 1996

Assigned by: Zhang XQ, Zhang WJ, Wei BP, Xu XW, Zhu XF, Wu M. Meiothermus cateniformans sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic species from north-eastern China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:840-844.

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Record number: 788491