Name: Thermodiscus maritimus Stetter 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’ti.mus. L. masc. adj. maritimus, belonging to the sea, describing its habitat

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 15173; JCM 11597; S2

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16S rRNA gene: X99554 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Stetter KO. Genus VII. Thermodiscus gen. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 189-190.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 89. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermodiscus Stetter 2003. Publication: Stetter KO. Genus VII. Thermodiscus gen. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 189-190.
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Thermodiscus maritimus" Segerer et al. 1985.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication, the type strain S2 is designated as "deposited strain". The Culture Collection accession numbers of the type strain have been provided on request for validation. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 89. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1-2.

Parent taxon: Thermodiscus Stetter 2003

Assigned by: Stetter KO. Genus VII. Thermodiscus gen. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 189-190.

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