Name: Thermoanaerobacter kivui (Leigh and Wolfe 1983) Collins et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Acetogenium kivui Leigh and Wolfe 1983

Etymology: ki.vu.i. N.L. gen. neut. n. kivui, pertaining to Kivu, named for its source, Lake Kivu [probably better: kivuii]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33488; DSM 2030

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L09160 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Lawson PA, Willems A, Cordoba JJ, Fernandez-Garayzabal J, Garcia P, Cai J, Hippe H, Farrow JA. The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:812-826. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acetogenium kivui Leigh and Wolfe 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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. — 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 44 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacter Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982

Assigned by: Collins MD, Lawson PA, Willems A, Cordoba JJ, Fernandez-Garayzabal J, Garcia P, Cai J, Hippe H, Farrow JA. The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:812-826. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 782506