Name: Thermodesulfobacterium commune Zeikus et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: com.mu’ne. L. neut. adj. commune, common, widespread

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33708; DSM 2178; VKM B-1767; YSRA-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF418169 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zeikus JG, Dawson MA, Thompson TE, Ingvorsen K, Hatchikian EC. Microbial ecology of volcanic sulphidogenesis: isolation and characterization of Thermodesulfobacterium commune gen. nov. and sp. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983; 129:1159-1169.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 52. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:197-198.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermodesulfobacterium Zeikus et al. 1995. Publication: Zeikus JG, Dawson MA, Thompson TE, Ingvorsen K, Hatchikian EC. Microbial ecology of volcanic sulphidogenesis: isolation and characterization of Thermodesulfobacterium commune gen. nov. and sp. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983; 129:1159-1169.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 13 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The type strain was incorrectly cited as ATCC 33706 in the paper by Zeikus et al. 1983. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 52. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:197-198.

Parent taxon: Thermodesulfobacterium Zeikus et al. 1995

Assigned by: Zeikus JG, Dawson MA, Thompson TE, Ingvorsen K, Hatchikian EC. Microbial ecology of volcanic sulphidogenesis: isolation and characterization of Thermodesulfobacterium commune gen. nov. and sp. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983; 129:1159-1169.

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