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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Rhodothermus bifroesti

Name: Rhodothermus bifroesti Bergsten et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bi.froes’ti. N.L. gen. neut. n. bifroesti, named after the burning rainbow bridge Bifröst in Norse mythology

Pronunciation, gender: bi-FRO͡ES-ti, masculine

Type strain: 7401; CIP 111906; DSM 112103; ISCAR-7401

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16S rRNA gene: MW901484 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bergsten P, Vannier P, Mougeolle A, Rigaud L, Marteinsson VT. Rhodothermus bifroesti sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from the basaltic subsurface of the volcanic island Surtsey. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5214.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5292.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Rhodothermus Alfredsson et al. 1995

Assigned by: Bergsten P, Vannier P, Mougeolle A, Rigaud L, Marteinsson VT. Rhodothermus bifroesti sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from the basaltic subsurface of the volcanic island Surtsey. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5214.

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Record number: 25839
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