Name: Thermoanaerobacter finnii Schmid et al. 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: finn’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. finnii, of Finn, named for Robert K. Finn who made important contributions to the development of the ethanol vacuum fermentation process

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AKO-1; ATCC 43586; DSM 3389

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16S rRNA gene: L09166 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schmid U, Giesel H, Schoberth SM, Sahm H. Thermoanaerobacter finnii spec. nov., a new ethanologenic sporogenous bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:80-85.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 22. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:573-576.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thermoanaerobacter brockii subsp. finnii (Schmid et al. 1986) Cayol et al. 1995

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermoanaerobacter brockii subsp. finnii (Schmid et al. 1986) Cayol et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thermoanaerobacter finnii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Thermoanaerobacter.
  • 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacter Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982

Assigned by: Schmid U, Giesel H, Schoberth SM, Sahm H. Thermoanaerobacter finnii spec. nov., a new ethanologenic sporogenous bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:80-85.

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Record number: 782504