Name: Thermanaerovibrio velox Zavarzina et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ve’lox. L. masc. adj. velox, quick, rapid

Pronunciation, gender: WE-lox, masculine

Type strain: DSM 12556; Z-9701

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF161069 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zavarzina DG, Zhilina TN, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Kostrikina NA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Thermanaerovibrio velox sp. nov., a new anaerobic, thermophilic, organotrophic bacterium that reduces elemental sulfur, and emended description of the genus Thermanaerovibrio. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1287-1295.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Palaniappan et al. 2013 Palaniappan K, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Teshima H, Nolan M, Lapidus A, Tice H, Del Rio TG, Cheng JF, Han C, Tapia R, et al. Genome sequence of the moderately thermophilic sulfur-reducing bacterium Thermanaerovibrio velox type strain (Z-9701^T) and emended description of the genus Thermanaerovibrio. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 9:57-70. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 21. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:7-10.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thermanaerovibrio Baena et al. 1999

Assigned by: Zavarzina DG, Zhilina TN, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Kostrikina NA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Thermanaerovibrio velox sp. nov., a new anaerobic, thermophilic, organotrophic bacterium that reduces elemental sulfur, and emended description of the genus Thermanaerovibrio. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1287-1295.

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