Name: Thermotoga subterranea Jeanthon et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.ter.ra’ne.a. L. fem. adj. subterranea, underground, subterranean, describing its site of isolation

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 9912; SL1

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: U22664 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jeanthon C, Reysenbach AL, L'Haridon S, Gambacorta A, Pace NR, Glenat P, Prieur D. Thermotoga subterranea sp. nov., a new thermophilic bacterium isolated from a continental oil reservoir. Arch Microbiol 1995; 164:91-97.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 76. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1699-1700.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudothermotoga subterranea (Jeanthon et al. 2000) Bhandari and Gupta 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudothermotoga subterranea (Jeanthon et al. 2000) Bhandari and Gupta 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thermotoga subterranea 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 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thermotoga Stetter and Huber 1986

Assigned by: Jeanthon C, Reysenbach AL, L'Haridon S, Gambacorta A, Pace NR, Glenat P, Prieur D. Thermotoga subterranea sp. nov., a new thermophilic bacterium isolated from a continental oil reservoir. Arch Microbiol 1995; 164:91-97.

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Record number: 782652