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

Pronunciation, gender: … ma-RI-ti-mus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 15173; JCM 11597; S2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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. — 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.
  • 🧍 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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