Name: Thermus profundus Kobayashi and Horikoshi 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51592; CIP 105121; DSM 9503; JCM 9378; Strain DT5432

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16S rRNA gene: Z75233 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kobayashi T, Kwak YS, Akiba T, Kudo T, Horikoshi K. Thermococcus profundus sp. nov., a new hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1994; 17:232-236.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 53. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:418-419.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Thermococcus profundus corrig. Kobayashi and Horikoshi 1995

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermococcus profundus corrig. Kobayashi and Horikoshi 1995	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Error in List No. 52, should read THERMOCOCCUS; correct entry in List No. 53 IJSB 45:418. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 53. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:418-419.
  • 🧍 Thermus profundus Kobayashi et al. 1995 (Validation List no. 52) is an incorrect name and the correct entry Thermococcus profundus Kobayashi et al. 1995 appears in Validation List no. 53 [1]. So, Thermus profundus should be disregarded on List no. 52 [2]. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 53. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:418-419.
  • 🧍 So, Thermus profundus should be disregarded on List no. 52 [2]. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.

Parent taxon: Thermus Brock and Freeze 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kobayashi T, Kwak YS, Akiba T, Kudo T, Horikoshi K. Thermococcus profundus sp. nov., a new hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1994; 17:232-236.

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