Name: Thermoanaerobacterium thermostercoris corrig. Romano et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.ster.co.ris. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; L. neut. n. stercus (gen. stercoris), dung; N.L. gen. neut. n. thermostercoris, a thermophilic bacterium isolated from dung

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1776; Buff; DSM 22141

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: FM999998 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Romano I, Dipasquale L, Orlando P, Lama L, d'Ippolito G, Pascual J, Gambacorta A. Thermoanaerobacterium thermostercus sp. nov., a new anaerobic thermophilic hydrogen-producing bacterium from buffalo-dung. Extremophiles 2010; 14:233-240.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 142. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2563-2565.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermoanaerobacterium thermostercus Romano et al. 2011	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet, thermostercus (sic), has been corrected on validation. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 142. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2563-2565.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, thermostercus (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 142. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2563-2565.

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacterium Lee et al. 1993

Assigned by: Romano I, Dipasquale L, Orlando P, Lama L, d'Ippolito G, Pascual J, Gambacorta A. Thermoanaerobacterium thermostercus sp. nov., a new anaerobic thermophilic hydrogen-producing bacterium from buffalo-dung. Extremophiles 2010; 14:233-240.

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