Name: Thermosipho japonicus Takai and Horikoshi 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ja.po’ni.cus. N.L. masc. adj. japonicus, pertaining to Japan

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ja-PO-ni-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 13481; IHB1; JCM 10495

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB024932 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Takai K, Horikoshi K. Thermosipho japonicus sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in Japan. Extremophiles 2000; 4:9-17. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 76. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1699-1700.

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. — 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.

Parent taxon: Thermosipho Huber et al. 1989

Assigned by: Takai K, Horikoshi K. Thermosipho japonicus sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in Japan. Extremophiles 2000; 4:9-17. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 782637