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. fem. 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. — 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 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