Name: Thermocrinis minervae Caldwell et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n. minervae, of/from Minerva, a Roman goddess, also known as Pallas Athena in Greek mythology, considered to be the virgin goddess of science, medicine and wisdom

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1533; CR11; DSM 19557

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM260555 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Caldwell SL, Liu Y, Ferrera I, Beveridge T, Reysenbach AL. Thermocrinis minervae sp. nov., a hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing, thermophilic member of the Aquificales from a Costa Rican terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:338-343.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1011-1012.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thermocrinis Huber et al. 1999

Assigned by: Caldwell SL, Liu Y, Ferrera I, Beveridge T, Reysenbach AL. Thermocrinis minervae sp. nov., a hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing, thermophilic member of the Aquificales from a Costa Rican terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:338-343.

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Record number: 786634