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: 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 37 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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