Name: Thermospira aquatica Gam et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. aquatica, aquatic

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 101182; F1F22; JCM 31314

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16S rRNA gene: KT767982 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gam ZBA, Thioye A, Cayol J-L, Postec A, Bartoli-Joseph M, Vandecasteele C, Erauso G, Labat M. Thermospira aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic spirochete isolated from a Tunisian hot spring, and description of the novel family Thermospiraceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2023; 73:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5835.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermospira Gam et al. 2023. Publication: Gam ZBA, Thioye A, Cayol J-L, Postec A, Bartoli-Joseph M, Vandecasteele C, Erauso G, Labat M. Thermospira aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic spirochete isolated from a Tunisian hot spring, and description of the novel family Thermospiraceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2023; 73:0.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thermospira Gam et al. 2023

Assigned by: Gam ZBA, Thioye A, Cayol J-L, Postec A, Bartoli-Joseph M, Vandecasteele C, Erauso G, Labat M. Thermospira aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic spirochete isolated from a Tunisian hot spring, and description of the novel family Thermospiraceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2023; 73:0.

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Record number: 36030