Name: Meiothermus hypogaeus Mori et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.po.gae.us. N.L. masc. adj. hypogaeus, underground, living under the ground

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AZM34c11; DSM 23238; NBRC 106114

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16S rRNA gene: AB586707 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mori K, Iino T, Ishibashi J, Kimura H, Hamada M, Suzuki K. Meiothermus hypogaeus sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:112-117.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:757-758.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Meiothermus Nobre et al. 1996

Assigned by: Mori K, Iino T, Ishibashi J, Kimura H, Hamada M, Suzuki K. Meiothermus hypogaeus sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:112-117.

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Record number: 789636