Name: Rhodothermus obamensis Sako et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: obam.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. obamensis, of or belonging to Obama, a hot spring in Japan

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.3047; JCM 9785; OKD7

16S rRNA gene: X95071 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sako Y, Takai K, Ishida Y, Uchida A, Katayama Y. Rhodothermus obamensis sp. nov., a modern lineage of extremely thermophilic marine bacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1099-1104.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rhodothermus marinus Alfredsson et al. 1995

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodothermus marinus Alfredsson et al. 1995	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Silva et al. (2000), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Rhodothermus marinus Alfredsson et al. 1995. Publication: Silva Z, Horta C, da Costa MS, Chung AP, Rainey FA. Polyphasic evidence for the reclassification of Rhodothermus obamensis Sako et al. 1996 as a member of the species Rhodothermus marinus Alfredsson et al. 1988. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1457-1461.
  • ❗ Rhodothermus obamensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Rhodothermus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 19 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rhodothermus Alfredsson et al. 1995

Assigned by: Sako Y, Takai K, Ishida Y, Uchida A, Katayama Y. Rhodothermus obamensis sp. nov., a modern lineage of extremely thermophilic marine bacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1099-1104.

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Record number: 780533