Name: Mesoaciditoga lauensis Reysenbach et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lau.en’sis N.L. masc./fem. adj. lauensis, of or pertaining to Lau, referring to the deep-sea vents in the Lau basin in the south-western Pacific Ocean, from which the type strain was isolated

Type strains: cd-1655R; DSM 25116; OCM 1212

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ347593 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Reysenbach AL, Liu Y, Lindgren AR, Wagner ID, Sislak CD, Mets A, Schouten S. Mesoaciditoga lauensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermoacidophilic member of the order Thermotogales from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4724-4729.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Mesoaciditoga Reysenbach et al. 2013. Publication: Reysenbach AL, Liu Y, Lindgren AR, Wagner ID, Sislak CD, Mets A, Schouten S. Mesoaciditoga lauensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermoacidophilic member of the order Thermotogales from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4724-4729.

Parent taxon: Mesoaciditoga Reysenbach et al. 2013

Assigned by: Reysenbach AL, Liu Y, Lindgren AR, Wagner ID, Sislak CD, Mets A, Schouten S. Mesoaciditoga lauensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermoacidophilic member of the order Thermotogales from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4724-4729.

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