Name: Tepidanaerobacter syntrophicus Sekiguchi et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: syn.tro’phi.cus. Gr. prep. syn, together with; Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. masc. adj. syntrophicus, pertaining to syntrophic substrate utilization

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … syn-TRO-p^hi-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 15584; JCM 12098; JL; NBRC 100060

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16S rRNA gene: AB106353 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sekiguchi Y, Imachi H, Susilorukmi A, Muramatsu M, Ohashi A, Harada H, Hanada S, Kamagata Y. Tepidanaerobacter syntrophicus gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, moderately thermophilic, syntrophic alcohol- and lactate-degrading bacterium isolated from thermophilic digested sludges. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1621-1629. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2251-2252.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tepidanaerobacter Sekiguchi et al. 2006. Publication: Sekiguchi Y, Imachi H, Susilorukmi A, Muramatsu M, Ohashi A, Harada H, Hanada S, Kamagata Y. Tepidanaerobacter syntrophicus gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, moderately thermophilic, syntrophic alcohol- and lactate-degrading bacterium isolated from thermophilic digested sludges. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1621-1629. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Tepidanaerobacter Sekiguchi et al. 2006

Assigned by: Sekiguchi Y, Imachi H, Susilorukmi A, Muramatsu M, Ohashi A, Harada H, Hanada S, Kamagata Y. Tepidanaerobacter syntrophicus gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, moderately thermophilic, syntrophic alcohol- and lactate-degrading bacterium isolated from thermophilic digested sludges. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1621-1629. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 782407