Name: Thermoanaerobacter uzonensis Wagner et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.zo.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. uzonensis, pertaining to the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Pronunciation, gender: u-zo-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1464; DSM 18761; JW/IW010

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF530067 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wagner ID, Zhao W, Zhang CL, Romanek CS, Rohde M, Wiegel J. Thermoanaerobacter uzonensis sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring within the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Far East Russia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2565-2573. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:205-206.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09265 (N = 7).
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacter Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982

Assigned by: Wagner ID, Zhao W, Zhang CL, Romanek CS, Rohde M, Wiegel J. Thermoanaerobacter uzonensis sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring within the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Far East Russia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2565-2573. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 785717