Name: Pseudothermotoga hypogea (Fardeau et al. 1997) Bhandari and Gupta 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thermotoga hypogea Fardeau et al. 1997

Etymology: hy.po.ge’a. Gr. prep. hypo, under; Gr. fem. n. gê, earth; L. fem. adj. hypogea, under the earth, referring to the site of isolation

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 11164; NBRC 106472; NCBR 106472; SEBR 7054

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U89768 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bhandari V, Gupta RS. Erratum to: Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:1281.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 177. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3140-3143.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Pseudothermotoga hypogea" (Fardeau et al. 1997) Bhandari and Gupta 2014	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thermotoga hypogea Fardeau et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Pseudothermotoga Bhandari and Gupta 2014

Assigned by: Bhandari V, Gupta RS. Erratum to: Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:1281.

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