Name: Tepidibacter formicigenes Urios et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: for.mi.ci.ge.nes. N.L. neut. n. acidum formicum, formic acid; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, produce; N.L. masc. part. adj. formicigenes, producing formic acid

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 107893; DSM 15518; DV1184

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16S rRNA gene: AY245527 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Urios L, Cueff V, Pignet P, Barbier G. Tepidibacter formicigenes sp. nov., a novel spore-forming bacterium isolated from a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:439-443.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Tepidibacter Slobodkin et al. 2003

Assigned by: Urios L, Cueff V, Pignet P, Barbier G. Tepidibacter formicigenes sp. nov., a novel spore-forming bacterium isolated from a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:439-443.

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Record number: 782408