Name: "Pseudothermotoga caldifontis" (Mori et al. 2014) Belahbib et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thermotoga caldifontis Mori et al. 2014

Etymology: cal.di.fon’tis. L. masc. adj. caldus, hot; L. masc. n. fons (gen. fontis), a spring; N.L. gen. masc. n. caldifontis, of a hot spring, pertaining to the source of isolation of the type strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AZM44c09; DSM 23272; NBRC 106116

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AP014509 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Belahbib H, Summers ZM, Fardeau ML, Joseph M, Tamburini C, Dolla A, Ollivier B, Armougom F. Towards a congruent reclassification and nomenclature of the thermophilic species of the genus Pseudothermotoga within the order Thermotogales. Syst Appl Microbiol 2018; 41:555-563.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Thermotoga caldifontis Mori et al. 2014

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermotoga caldifontis Mori et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Pseudothermotoga Bhandari and Gupta 2014

Assigned by: Belahbib H, Summers ZM, Fardeau ML, Joseph M, Tamburini C, Dolla A, Ollivier B, Armougom F. Towards a congruent reclassification and nomenclature of the thermophilic species of the genus Pseudothermotoga within the order Thermotogales. Syst Appl Microbiol 2018; 41:555-563.

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Record number: 4584