Name: Thermotoga elfii Ravot et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: el.fi’i. N.L. gen. neut. n. elfii, of ELF, named after ELF-Aquitaine

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51869; DSM 9442; SEBR 6459; SERB

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X80790 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ravot G, Magot M, Fardeau ML, Patel BK, Prensier G, Egan A, Garcia JL, Ollivier B. Thermotoga elfii sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium from an African oil-producing well. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:308-314.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:621.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudothermotoga elfii (Ravot et al. 1995) Bhandari and Gupta 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudothermotoga elfii (Ravot et al. 1995) Bhandari and Gupta 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thermotoga elfii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Thermotoga.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thermotoga Stetter and Huber 1986

Assigned by: Ravot G, Magot M, Fardeau ML, Patel BK, Prensier G, Egan A, Garcia JL, Ollivier B. Thermotoga elfii sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium from an African oil-producing well. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:308-314.

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