Name: Thermocaproicibacter melissae Nguyen et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.lis’sae. N.L. gen. fem. n. melissae, referring to the long-term space missions concept of MELiSSA project

Pronunciation, gender: me-LIS-sa͡e, masculine

Type strain: DSM 114174; LMG 32615; MDTJ8; NCCB 100883

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16S rRNA gene: ON921083 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nguyen TV, Viver T, Smets I, Bernaerts K, Faust K, Lavigne R, Poughon L, Dussap CG, Springael D. Thermocaproicibacter melissae gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic chain-elongating bacterium, producing n-caproate from polymeric carbohydrates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5893.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5996.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermocaproicibacter Nguyen et al. 2023. Publication: Nguyen TV, Viver T, Smets I, Bernaerts K, Faust K, Lavigne R, Poughon L, Dussap CG, Springael D. Thermocaproicibacter melissae gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic chain-elongating bacterium, producing n-caproate from polymeric carbohydrates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5893.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thermocaproicibacter Nguyen et al. 2023

Assigned by: Nguyen TV, Viver T, Smets I, Bernaerts K, Faust K, Lavigne R, Poughon L, Dussap CG, Springael D. Thermocaproicibacter melissae gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic chain-elongating bacterium, producing n-caproate from polymeric carbohydrates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5893.

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Record number: 38278