Name: Thermaerobacter marianensis Takai et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri.an.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. marianensis, pertaining to the Mariana Trench, the source of the type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 7p75a; ATCC 700841; DSM 12885; JCM 10246

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16S rRNA gene: AB011495 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takai K, Inoue A, Horikoshi K. Thermaerobacter marianensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic extremely thermophilic marine bacterium from the 11,000 m deep Mariana Trench. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:619-628.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermaerobacter Takai et al. 1999. Publication: Takai K, Inoue A, Horikoshi K. Thermaerobacter marianensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic extremely thermophilic marine bacterium from the 11,000 m deep Mariana Trench. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:619-628.
  • 😷 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 12 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: Han C, Gu W, Zhang X, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Copeland A, Lucas S, Del Rio TG, Tice H, Cheng JF, et al. Complete genome sequence of Thermaerobacter marianensis type strain (7p75a). Stand Genomic Sci 2010; 3:337-345.

Parent taxon: Thermaerobacter Takai et al. 1999

Assigned by: Takai K, Inoue A, Horikoshi K. Thermaerobacter marianensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic extremely thermophilic marine bacterium from the 11,000 m deep Mariana Trench. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:619-628.

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