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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Thermoanaerobacter keratinophilus"

Name: "Thermoanaerobacter keratinophilus" Riessen and Antranikian 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ke.ra.ti.no’phi.lus. Gr. neut. n. keras, keratin; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. keratinophilus, keratin-loving

Pronunciation, gender: ke-ra-ti-NO-phi-lus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: 2KXI; DSM 14007

16S rRNA gene: AY278483 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Riessen S, Antranikian G. Isolation of Thermoanaerobacter keratinophilus sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium with keratinolytic activity. Extremophiles 2001; 5:399-408. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacter Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982

Assigned by: Riessen S, Antranikian G. Isolation of Thermoanaerobacter keratinophilus sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium with keratinolytic activity. Extremophiles 2001; 5:399-408. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 801202
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