Name: Petrotoga mexicana Miranda-Tello et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.xi.ca’na. N.L. fem. adj. mexicana, Mexican, describing the site of sampling of the type strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 107371; DSM 14811; MET12

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY125964 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Miranda-Tello E, Fardeau ML, Thomas P, Ramirez F, Casalot L, Cayol JL, Garcia JL, Ollivier B. Petrotoga mexicana sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, anaerobic and xylanolytic bacterium isolated from an oil-producing well in the Gulf of Mexico. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:169-174.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:633-634.

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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Petrotoga Davey et al. 1993

Assigned by: Miranda-Tello E, Fardeau ML, Thomas P, Ramirez F, Casalot L, Cayol JL, Garcia JL, Ollivier B. Petrotoga mexicana sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, anaerobic and xylanolytic bacterium isolated from an oil-producing well in the Gulf of Mexico. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:169-174.

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Record number: 779422