Name: Thermosipho globiformans Kuwabara et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glo.bi.for.mans. L. masc. n. globus, sphere, globe; L. pres. part. formans, forming; N.L. part. adj. globiformans, globe forming

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 19918; JCM 15059; MN14

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16S rRNA gene: AB257289 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kuwabara T, Kawasaki A, Uda I, Sugai A. Thermosipho globiformans sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium that transforms into multicellular spheroids with a defect in peptidoglycan formation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1622-1627.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2331-2332.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thermosipho Huber et al. 1989

Assigned by: Kuwabara T, Kawasaki A, Uda I, Sugai A. Thermosipho globiformans sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium that transforms into multicellular spheroids with a defect in peptidoglycan formation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1622-1627.

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Record number: 787063