Name: Thermomicrobium fosteri Phillips and Perry 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fos’te.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. fosteri, of Foster, named for Jackson W. Foster

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … FOS-te-ri, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 29033; ATCC 35268; PTA-1

16S rRNA gene: AJ458464 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

Taxonomic status: in need of a replacement

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. — 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.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates with Thermoleophilum 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. 🇪🇸
  • 🧍 Rejected name (Opinion 108). Publication: Arahal et al. Judicial Opinion No. 111. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5197.
  • 🧍 This name was subject to a Request for an Opinion. Publication: Tindall BJ. What ever happened to Thermomicrobium fosteri Phillips and Perry 1976? Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1065-1067. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 Thermomicrobium fosteri, represented by ATCC strain 35268, possesses a typical peptidoglycan and therefore differs from Thermomicrobium roseum [1]. Publication: Perry JJ. Genus Thermomicrobium Jackson, Ramaley amd Meinschein 1973, 34AL. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 338-339. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 Strain ATCC 29033 was deposited as Thermomicrobium fosteri. Later correspondence with the depositor indicated that it was a mixed culture and the purified strain was re-deposited as ATCC 35268. — Tang J. Personal communication, 2001-12-20.
  • 🧍 Strain ATCC 35268 is presently assigned to the species Thermoleophilum minutum [2]. 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.

Parent taxon: Thermomicrobium Jackson et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Phillips Jr. WE, Perry JJ. Thermomicrobium fosteri sp. nov., a hydro-carbon-utilizing obligate thermophile. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:220-225.

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