Name: Thauera terpenica Foss and Harder 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter.pe’ni.ca. N.L. neut. n. terpenum, terpene; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. terpenica, related to terpenes, referring to the nutritional preferences of these organisms

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 58Eu; CCUG 41527; CIP 105982; DSM 12139

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16S rRNA gene: AJ005817 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Foss S, Harder J. Thauera linaloolentis sp. nov. and Thauera terpenica sp. nov., isolated on oxygen-containing monoterpenes (linalool, menthol, and eucalyptol) nitrate. Syst Appl Microbiol 1998; 21:365-373.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 68. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thauera Macy et al. 1993

Assigned by: Foss S, Harder J. Thauera linaloolentis sp. nov. and Thauera terpenica sp. nov., isolated on oxygen-containing monoterpenes (linalool, menthol, and eucalyptol) nitrate. Syst Appl Microbiol 1998; 21:365-373.

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