Name: Thermobrachium celere Engle et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ce’le.re. L. neut. adj. celere, fast

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700318; DSM 8682; JW/YL-NZ35; NZ35T

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X99238 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Engle M, Li Y, Rainey F, DeBlois S, Mai V, Reichert A, Mayer F, Messner P, Wiegel J. Thermobrachium celere gen. nov., sp. nov., a rapidly growing thermophilic, alkalitolerant, and proteolytic obligate anaerobe. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1025-1033.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Caloramator celer" (Engle et al. 1996) De Vos et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermobrachium Engle et al. 1996. Publication: Engle M, Li Y, Rainey F, DeBlois S, Mai V, Reichert A, Mayer F, Messner P, Wiegel J. Thermobrachium celere gen. nov., sp. nov., a rapidly growing thermophilic, alkalitolerant, and proteolytic obligate anaerobe. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1025-1033.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thermobrachium Engle et al. 1996

Assigned by: Engle M, Li Y, Rainey F, DeBlois S, Mai V, Reichert A, Mayer F, Messner P, Wiegel J. Thermobrachium celere gen. nov., sp. nov., a rapidly growing thermophilic, alkalitolerant, and proteolytic obligate anaerobe. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1025-1033.

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Record number: 782547