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. 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.
  • 🎓 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