Name: Thermocrinis albus Eder and Huber 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’bus. L. masc. adj. albus, white

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 14484; HI 11/12; JCM 11386

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ278895 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Eder W, Huber R. New isolates and physiological properties of the Aquificales and description of Thermocrinis albus sp. nov. Extremophiles 2002; 6:309-318.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 88. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1915-1916.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Wirth R, Sikorski J, Brambilla E, Misra M, Lapidus A, Copeland A, Nolan M, Lucas S, Chen F, Tice H, et al. Complete genome sequence of Thermocrinis albus type strain (HI 11/12). Stand Genomic Sci 2010; 2:194-202.

Parent taxon: Thermocrinis Huber et al. 1999

Assigned by: Eder W, Huber R. New isolates and physiological properties of the Aquificales and description of Thermocrinis albus sp. nov. Extremophiles 2002; 6:309-318.

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