Name: Thermotoga lettingae Balk et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: let.tin’gae. N.L. gen. masc. n. lettingae, of Lettinga, named after Gatze Lettinga, a Dutch biotechnologist, in recognition of his pioneering work on anaerobic methanol conversion in methanogenic bioreactors

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^her-MO-to-ga let-TIN-ga͡e, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-301; DSM 14385; TMO

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16S rRNA gene: AF355615 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Balk M, Weijma J, Stams AJ. Thermotoga lettingae sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, methanol-degrading bacterium isolated from a thermophilic anaerobic reactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1361-1368. 🇳🇱

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudothermotoga lettingae (Balk et al. 2002) Bhandari and Gupta 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudothermotoga lettingae (Balk et al. 2002) Bhandari and Gupta 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Thermotoga lettingae 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 Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 10 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Thermotoga Stetter and Huber 1986

Assigned by: Balk M, Weijma J, Stams AJ. Thermotoga lettingae sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, methanol-degrading bacterium isolated from a thermophilic anaerobic reactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1361-1368. 🇳🇱

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