Name: Thermosipho melanesiensis Antoine et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.la.ne.si.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. melanesiensis, originating from Melanesia, describing its site of isolation

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … me-la-ne-si-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: BI429; CIP 104789; DSM 12029

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16S rRNA gene: Z70248 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Antoine E, Cilia V, Meunier JR, Guezennec J, Lesongeur F, Barbier G. Thermosipho melanesiensis sp. nov., a new thermophilic anaerobic bacterium belonging to the order Thermotogales, isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1118-1123. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.

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. — 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thermosipho Huber et al. 1989

Assigned by: Antoine E, Cilia V, Meunier JR, Guezennec J, Lesongeur F, Barbier G. Thermosipho melanesiensis sp. nov., a new thermophilic anaerobic bacterium belonging to the order Thermotogales, isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1118-1123. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 782638