Name: Thermacetogenium phaeum Hattori et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phae’um. Gr. masc. adj. phaios, brown, referring to the colour of the colonies; N.L. neut. adj. phaeum, brown

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-254; DSM 12270; DSM 26808; PB

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB020336 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hattori S, Kamagata Y, Hanada S, Shoun H. Thermacetogenium phaeum gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, thermophilic, syntrophic acetate-oxidizing bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1601-1609.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1701-1702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermacetogenium Hattori et al. 2000. Publication: Hattori S, Kamagata Y, Hanada S, Shoun H. Thermacetogenium phaeum gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, thermophilic, syntrophic acetate-oxidizing bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1601-1609.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 21 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Thermacetogenium Hattori et al. 2000

Assigned by: Hattori S, Kamagata Y, Hanada S, Shoun H. Thermacetogenium phaeum gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, thermophilic, syntrophic acetate-oxidizing bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1601-1609.

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