Name: Petrotoga olearia L'Haridon et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.le.a’ri.a. L. fem. adj. olearia, pertaining to oil, referring to its site of isolation

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 13574; JCM 11234; SL24

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ311703 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: L'Haridon S, Miroshnichenko ML, Hippe H, Fardeau ML, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Stackebrandt E, Jeanthon C. Petrotoga olearia sp. nov. and Petrotoga sibirica sp. nov., two thermophilic bacteria isolated from a continental petroleum reservoir in Western Siberia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1715-1722.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Petrotoga Davey et al. 1993

Assigned by: L'Haridon S, Miroshnichenko ML, Hippe H, Fardeau ML, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Stackebrandt E, Jeanthon C. Petrotoga olearia sp. nov. and Petrotoga sibirica sp. nov., two thermophilic bacteria isolated from a continental petroleum reservoir in Western Siberia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1715-1722.

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Record number: 779425