Name: Sporolituus thermophilus Ogg and Patel 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.lus. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. thermophilus, heat-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AeG; DSM 23256; JCM 15556; KCTC 5668

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16S rRNA gene: FJ169187 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ogg CD, Patel BK. Sporolituus thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a citrate-fermenting thermophilic anaerobic bacterium from geothermal waters of the Great Artesian Basin of Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2848-2853.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sporolituus Ogg and Patel 2009. Publication: Ogg CD, Patel BK. Sporolituus thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a citrate-fermenting thermophilic anaerobic bacterium from geothermal waters of the Great Artesian Basin of Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2848-2853.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sporolituus Ogg and Patel 2009

Assigned by: Ogg CD, Patel BK. Sporolituus thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a citrate-fermenting thermophilic anaerobic bacterium from geothermal waters of the Great Artesian Basin of Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2848-2853.

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Record number: 788174