Name: Thermoanaerobacter italicus Kozianowski et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i.ta’li.cus. L. masc. adj. italicus, pertaining to Italy, where the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Ab9; DSM 9252; JCM 16815

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ250846 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kozianowski G, Canganella F, Rainey FA, Hippe H, Antranikian G. Purification and characterization of thermostable pectate-lyases from a newly isolated thermophilic bacterium, Thermoanaerobacter italicus sp. nov. Extremophiles 1997; 1:171-182.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 67. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1083-1084.

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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08429 (N = 13).
  • 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacter Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982

Assigned by: Kozianowski G, Canganella F, Rainey FA, Hippe H, Antranikian G. Purification and characterization of thermostable pectate-lyases from a newly isolated thermophilic bacterium, Thermoanaerobacter italicus sp. nov. Extremophiles 1997; 1:171-182.

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Record number: 782505