Name: Thermodesulfobacterium hveragerdense Sonne-Hansen and Ahring 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hve.ra.ger.den’se. N.L. neut. adj. hveragerdense, pertaining to Hveragerd (Iceland)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … hwe-ra-ger-DEN-se, neuter

Type strain: DSM 12571; JSP

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X96725 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sonne-Hansen J, Ahring BK. Thermodesulfobacterium hveragerdense sp. nov., and Thermodesulfovibrio islandicus sp. nov., two thermophilic sulfate reducing bacteria isolated from a Icelandic hot spring. Syst Appl Microbiol 1999; 22:559-564. 🇩🇰

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 74. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:949-950.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.32501 (N = 1).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Thermodesulfobacterium Zeikus et al. 1995

Assigned by: Sonne-Hansen J, Ahring BK. Thermodesulfobacterium hveragerdense sp. nov., and Thermodesulfovibrio islandicus sp. nov., two thermophilic sulfate reducing bacteria isolated from a Icelandic hot spring. Syst Appl Microbiol 1999; 22:559-564. 🇩🇰

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