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. — 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 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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