Name: Thermoanaerobacterium aotearoense Liu et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ao.tea.ro.en’se. Maori n. ao, cloud; Maori adj. tea, white; Maori adj. roa, long; N.L. neut. adj. aotearoense, long white cloud, referring to the native Maori name for New Zealand, Aotearoa, Land of the Long White Cloud

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 10170; JW/SL-NZ613

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16S rRNA gene: X93359 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu SY, Rainey FA, Morgan HW, Mayer F, Wiegel J. Thermoanaerobacterium aotearoense sp. nov., a slightly acidophilic, anaerobic thermophile isolated from various hot springs in New Zealand, and emendation of the genus Thermoanaerobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:388-396.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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  • 😷 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 23 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacterium Lee et al. 1993

Assigned by: Liu SY, Rainey FA, Morgan HW, Mayer F, Wiegel J. Thermoanaerobacterium aotearoense sp. nov., a slightly acidophilic, anaerobic thermophile isolated from various hot springs in New Zealand, and emendation of the genus Thermoanaerobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:388-396.

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Record number: 782520