Name: Petrothermobacter organivorans Tamazawa et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: or.ga.ni.vo’rans. L. neut. n. organum, organic compound; L. inf. v. vorare, to eat, to consume; N.L. part. adj. organivorans, devouring organic compounds

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ANA; DSM 105015; NBRC 112621

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16S rRNA gene: LC155975 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tamazawa S, Mayumi D, Mochimaru H, Sakata S, Maeda H, Wakayama T, Ikarashi M, Kamagata Y, Tamaki H. Petrothermobacter organivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, strictly anaerobic bacterium of the phylum Deferribacteres isolated from a deep subsurface oil reservoir. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3982-3986.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Petrothermobacter Tamazawa et al. 2017. Publication: Tamazawa S, Mayumi D, Mochimaru H, Sakata S, Maeda H, Wakayama T, Ikarashi M, Kamagata Y, Tamaki H. Petrothermobacter organivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, strictly anaerobic bacterium of the phylum Deferribacteres isolated from a deep subsurface oil reservoir. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3982-3986.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Petrothermobacter Tamazawa et al. 2017

Assigned by: Tamazawa S, Mayumi D, Mochimaru H, Sakata S, Maeda H, Wakayama T, Ikarashi M, Kamagata Y, Tamaki H. Petrothermobacter organivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, strictly anaerobic bacterium of the phylum Deferribacteres isolated from a deep subsurface oil reservoir. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3982-3986.

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