Name: Thermosyntropha lipolytica Svetlitshnyi et al. 1996
Etymology: li.po.ly’ti.ca. Gr. neut. n. lipos, fat; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. fem. adj. lytikê, able to loosen; N.L. fem. adj. lipolytica, referring to the ability to hydrolyze lipids to glycerol and fatty acids
Type strain: ATCC 700317; DSM 11003; JW265; JW/VS-265
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16S rRNA gene: X99980 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Svetlitshnyi V, Rainey F, Wiegel J. Thermosyntropha lipolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a lipolytic, anaerobic, alkalitolerant, thermophilic bacterium utilizing short- and long-chain fatty acids in syntrophic coculture with a methanogenic archaeum. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1131-1137.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Thermosyntropha Svetlitshnyi et al. 1996
Assigned by: Svetlitshnyi V, Rainey F, Wiegel J. Thermosyntropha lipolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a lipolytic, anaerobic, alkalitolerant, thermophilic bacterium utilizing short- and long-chain fatty acids in syntrophic coculture with a methanogenic archaeum. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1131-1137.
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Record number: 782641