Name: Thermovorax subterraneus Mäkinen et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.ter.ra’ne.us. L. masc. adj. subterraneus, subterranean, underground, inhabitant in the subsurface

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 70B; DSM 21563; JCM 15541

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU370564 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Makinen AE, Kaksonen AH, Puhakka JA. Thermovorax subterraneus, gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic hydrogen-producing bacterium isolated from geothermally active underground mine. Extremophiles 2009; 13:505-510.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 145. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1017-1019.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermovorax Mäkinen et al. 2012. Publication: Makinen AE, Kaksonen AH, Puhakka JA. Thermovorax subterraneus, gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic hydrogen-producing bacterium isolated from geothermally active underground mine. Extremophiles 2009; 13:505-510.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thermovorax Mäkinen et al. 2012

Assigned by: Makinen AE, Kaksonen AH, Puhakka JA. Thermovorax subterraneus, gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic hydrogen-producing bacterium isolated from geothermally active underground mine. Extremophiles 2009; 13:505-510.

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