Name: Thermoanaerobium brockii Zeikus et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: brock’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. brockii, of Brock, named for Thomas Dale Brock who pioneered studies on the physiology and ecology of thermophiles

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33075; ATCC 53556; DSM 1457; HTD 4

16S rRNA gene: X58349 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zeikus JG, Hegge PW, Anderson MA. Thermoanaerobium brockii gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new chemoorganotrophic, caldoactive, anaerobic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1979; 122:41-48.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 11. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:672-674.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thermoanaerobacter brockii (Zeikus et al. 1983) Lee et al. 1993

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermoanaerobacter brockii (Zeikus et al. 1983) Lee et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermoanaerobium Zeikus et al. 1983. Publication: Zeikus JG, Hegge PW, Anderson MA. Thermoanaerobium brockii gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new chemoorganotrophic, caldoactive, anaerobic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1979; 122:41-48.
  • ❗ Thermoanaerobium brockii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Thermoanaerobium.
  • 😷 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 53 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobium Zeikus et al. 1983

Assigned by: Zeikus JG, Hegge PW, Anderson MA. Thermoanaerobium brockii gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new chemoorganotrophic, caldoactive, anaerobic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1979; 122:41-48.

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Record number: 782531