Name: Meiothermus cerbereus Chung et al. 1997
Etymology: cer.be.re’us. N.L. masc. adj. cerbereus, the monstrous dog Cerberus that guarded the mythological Greek Hades, so named because of the difficultywe had in growing the strains of this species in liquid medium
Type strain: BCRC 17421; DSM 11376; GY-1
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16S rRNA gene: Y13594 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Chung AP, Rainey F, Nobre MF, Burghardt J, da Costa MS. Meiothermus cerbereus sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic species with high levels of 3-hydroxy fatty acids. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1225-1230.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Meiothermus Nobre et al. 1996
Assigned by: Chung AP, Rainey F, Nobre MF, Burghardt J, da Costa MS. Meiothermus cerbereus sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic species with high levels of 3-hydroxy fatty acids. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1225-1230.
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Record number: 777750