Name: Thermothrix azorensis Odintsova et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.zo.ren’sis. N.L. fem. adj. azorensis, pertaining to the Azores

Pronunciation, gender: … a-zo-REN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51754; TM

16S rRNA gene: GU233444 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Odintsova EV, Jannasch HW, Mamone JA, Langworthy TA. Thermothrix azorensis sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing, thermophilic bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:422-428.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.

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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "genus affiliates with Hydrogenobacter subterraneus and may be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸
  • 🧍 Yarza et al. (2013) expected for accession GU233444, originating from the alleged type-strain deposit ATCC 51754, an affiliation with Burkholderiaceae (Proteobacteria) but observed an affiliation with Aquificaceae (Aquificae) and 99.7% similarity against Hydrogenobacter subterraneus. Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Thermothrix Caldwell et al. 1981

Assigned by: Odintsova EV, Jannasch HW, Mamone JA, Langworthy TA. Thermothrix azorensis sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing, thermophilic bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:422-428.

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