Name: "Thermodiscus maritimus" Segerer et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’ti.mus. L. masc. adj. maritimus, marine

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ma-RI-ti-mus, masculine

Original publication: Segerer A, Stetter KO, Klink F. Two contrary modes of chemolithotrophy in the same archaebacterium. Nature 1985; 313:787-789.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Thermodiscus maritimus Stetter 2003.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

Parent taxon: Thermodiscus Stetter 2003

Assigned by: Segerer A, Stetter KO, Klink F. Two contrary modes of chemolithotrophy in the same archaebacterium. Nature 1985; 313:787-789.

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Record number: 38343