Name: Thermotalea metallivorans Ogg and Patel 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.tal.li.vo.rans. L. neut. n. metallum, metal; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. metallivorans, metal-devouring

Gender: feminine

Type strain: B2-1; DSM 21119; JCM 15105; KCTC 5625

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16S rRNA gene: EU443727 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ogg CD, Patel BK. Thermotalea metallivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium from the Great Artesian Basin of Australia aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:964-971.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermotalea Ogg and Patel 2009. Publication: Ogg CD, Patel BK. Thermotalea metallivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium from the Great Artesian Basin of Australia aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:964-971.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thermotalea Ogg and Patel 2009

Assigned by: Ogg CD, Patel BK. Thermotalea metallivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium from the Great Artesian Basin of Australia aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:964-971.

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Record number: 787837