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Species "Thermodesulfobacterium geofontis"
Name: "Thermodesulfobacterium geofontis" Hamilton-Brehm et al. 2013
Etymology: ge.o.fon’tis. Gr. fem. n. gê, earth; L. masc. n. fons (gen. fontis), a spring or fountain; N.L. gen. masc. n. geofontis, from a terrestrial hot spring
Pronunciation, gender: ge-o-FON-tis, neuter
Nomenclatural type: ATCC BAA-2454; JCM 18567; OPF15
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
JX262247
Analyse
FASTA
Original publication:
Hamilton-Brehm SD, Gibson RA, Green SJ, Hopmans EC, Schouten S, van der Meer MT, Shields JP, Damste JS, Elkins JG. Thermodesulfobacterium geofontis sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National Park. Extremophiles 2013; 17:251-263. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Thermodesulfobacterium Zeikus et al. 1995
Assigned by:
Hamilton-Brehm SD, Gibson RA, Green SJ, Hopmans EC, Schouten S, van der Meer MT, Shields JP, Damste JS, Elkins JG. Thermodesulfobacterium geofontis sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National Park. Extremophiles 2013; 17:251-263.
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Record number: 801205
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