Name: Thermogemmatispora carboxidivorans King and King 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: car.bo.xi.di.vo’rans. N.L. neut. adj. carboxidum, carbon monoxide; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. carboxidivorans, carbon monoxide-devouring

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2534; DSM 45816; PM5

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF193526 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: King CE, King GM. Description of Thermogemmatispora carboxidivorans sp. nov., a carbon-monoxide-oxidizing member of the class Ktedonobacteria isolated from a geothermally heated biofilm, and analysis of carbon monoxide oxidation by members of the class Ktedonobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1244-1251.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2188-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thermogemmatispora Yabe et al. 2011

Assigned by: King CE, King GM. Description of Thermogemmatispora carboxidivorans sp. nov., a carbon-monoxide-oxidizing member of the class Ktedonobacteria isolated from a geothermally heated biofilm, and analysis of carbon monoxide oxidation by members of the class Ktedonobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1244-1251.

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Record number: 791717