Name: Thermotoga maritima Stetter and Huber 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’ti.ma. L. fem. adj. maritima, of the sea, marine, describing its biotope

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^her-MO-to-ga ma-RI-ti-ma, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43589; DSM 3109; JCM 10099; MSB8; NBRC 100826

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M21774 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Huber R, Langworthy TA, König H, Thomm M, Woese CR, Sleytr UB, Stetter KO. Thermotoga maritima sp. nov. represents a new genus of unique extremely thermophilic eubacteria growing up to 90°C. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 144:324-333. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 22. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:573-576.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermotoga Stetter and Huber 1986. Publication: Huber R, Langworthy TA, König H, Thomm M, Woese CR, Sleytr UB, Stetter KO. Thermotoga maritima sp. nov. represents a new genus of unique extremely thermophilic eubacteria growing up to 90°C. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 144:324-333. 🇩🇪
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Stetter and Huber) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Huber et al.).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — 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 1485 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The name Thermotoga maritima must be attributed to Stetter and Huber 1986 (in Huber, Langworthy, König, Thomm, Woese, Sleytr and Stetter 1986) not to Huber et al. 1986 as cited in Validation List no. 22. Publication: Huber R, Stetter KO. Genus I. Thermotoga Stetter and Huber 1986, 575VP (Effective publication: Stetter and Hubber in Huber, Langworthy, König, Thomm, Woese, Sleytr and Stetter 1986, 332). In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 370-377. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Thermotoga Stetter and Huber 1986

Assigned by: Huber R, Langworthy TA, König H, Thomm M, Woese CR, Sleytr UB, Stetter KO. Thermotoga maritima sp. nov. represents a new genus of unique extremely thermophilic eubacteria growing up to 90°C. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 144:324-333. 🇩🇪

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