Name: Thermoanaerobacter wiegelii Cook et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wie.gel’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. wiegelii, of Juergen Wiegel, in recognition of his contributions to the study of thermophilic anaerobes

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 80218; DSM 10319; Rt8.B1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X92513 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cook GM, Rainey FA, Patel BK, Morgan HW. Characterization of a new obligately anaerobic thermophile, Thermoanaerobacter wiegelii sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:123-127.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:627.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10827 (N = 13).
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacter Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982

Assigned by: Cook GM, Rainey FA, Patel BK, Morgan HW. Characterization of a new obligately anaerobic thermophile, Thermoanaerobacter wiegelii sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:123-127.

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Record number: 782517