Name: Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus (Klaushofer and Parkkinen 1965) Lee et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum Klaushofer and Parkkinen 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ther.mo.hy.dro.sul.fu’ri.cus. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. adj. hydrosulfuricus, pertaining to hydrogen sulfide; N.L. masc. adj. thermohydrosulfuricus, indicating that the organism grows at high temperatures and reduces sulfite to H2S.

Pronunciation, gender: t^her-mo-hy-dro-sul-FU-ri-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35045; CECT 594; DSM 567; E100-69; LMG 6659; NCIB 10956; NCIMB 10956

16S rRNA gene: L09161 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee YE, Jain MK, Lee C, Lowe SE, Zeikus JG. Taxonomic distinction of saccharolytic thermophilic anaerobes: description of Thermoanaerobacterium xylanolyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., and Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum gen. nov., sp. nov.; reclassification of Thermoanaerobium brockii, Clostridium thermosulfurogenes, and Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum E100-69 as Thermoanaerobacter brockii comb. nov., Thermoanaerobacterium thermosulfurigenes comb. nov., and Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus comb. nov., respectively; and transfer of Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum 39E to Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:41-51. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum Klaushofer and Parkkinen 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus subsp. thermohydrosulfuricus" (Klaushofer and Parkkinen 1965) Bing 2024	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank

• 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 24 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus subsp. carboxydovorans" Balk et al. 2009	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacter Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982

Assigned by: Lee YE, Jain MK, Lee C, Lowe SE, Zeikus JG. Taxonomic distinction of saccharolytic thermophilic anaerobes: description of Thermoanaerobacterium xylanolyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., and Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum gen. nov., sp. nov.; reclassification of Thermoanaerobium brockii, Clostridium thermosulfurogenes, and Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum E100-69 as Thermoanaerobacter brockii comb. nov., Thermoanaerobacterium thermosulfurigenes comb. nov., and Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus comb. nov., respectively; and transfer of Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum 39E to Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:41-51. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 782516