Name: Thermocladium modestius Itoh et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo.des’ti.us. L. comp. neut. adj. modestius, modester, referring to the growth temperature range

Gender: neuter

Type strain: IC-125; JCM 10088

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16S rRNA gene: AB005296 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Itoh T, Suzuki K, Nakase T. Thermocladium modestius gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of rod-shaped, extremely thermophilic crenarchaeote. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:879-887. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1085-1087.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermocladium Itoh et al. 1998. Publication: Itoh T, Suzuki K, Nakase T. Thermocladium modestius gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of rod-shaped, extremely thermophilic crenarchaeote. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:879-887. 🇯🇵
  • 📧 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 Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Thermocladium Itoh et al. 1998

Assigned by: Itoh T, Suzuki K, Nakase T. Thermocladium modestius gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of rod-shaped, extremely thermophilic crenarchaeote. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:879-887. 🇯🇵

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