Name: Thermaerobacter subterraneus Spanevello et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.ter.ra’ne.us. L. masc. adj. subterraneus, underground, subterranean referring to under the earth, the source of the type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-137; C21; DSM 13965

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF343566 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Spanevello MD, Yamamoto H, Patel BK. Thermaerobacter subterraneus sp. nov., a novel aerobic bacterium from the Great Artesian Basin of Australia, and emendation of the genus Thermaerobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:795-800.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 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 5 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: Thermaerobacter Takai et al. 1999

Assigned by: Spanevello MD, Yamamoto H, Patel BK. Thermaerobacter subterraneus sp. nov., a novel aerobic bacterium from the Great Artesian Basin of Australia, and emendation of the genus Thermaerobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:795-800.

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