Name: Thermoleophilum minutum Zarilla and Perry 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.nu’tum. L. neut. part. adj. minutum, small, minute, referring to cell size

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35265; DSM 5157; YS-4

16S rRNA gene: HQ223108 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zarilla KA, Perry JJ. Deoxyribonucleic acid homology and other comparisons among obligately thermophilic hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria, with a proposal for Thermoleophilum minutum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:13-16.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates with the Pseudomonas and may be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • 🧍 Culture DSM 5157 is dead. — Thiel V. Personal communication, 2022-01-26.
  • 🧍 The species Thermoleophilum minutum Zarilla and Perry 1986 (Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 13-16) has been validly published before the validation of the genus Thermoleophilum Zarilla and Perry 1986 (Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 354-356). — Thermoleophilum minutum Zarilla and Perry 1986 encompasses the type strain of Thermomicrobium fosteri Phillips and Perry 1976 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Phillips Jr. WE, Perry JJ. Thermomicrobium fosteri sp. nov., a hydro-carbon-utilizing obligate thermophile. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:220-225.

Parent taxon: Thermoleophilum Zarilla and Perry 1986

Assigned by: Zarilla KA, Perry JJ. Deoxyribonucleic acid homology and other comparisons among obligately thermophilic hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria, with a proposal for Thermoleophilum minutum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:13-16.

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