Name: Thiobaca trueperi Rees et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: true’pe.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. trueperi, of Trüper, named after Hans G. Trüper, a German microbiologist who has made a significant contribution to our knowledge of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-132; BCH; DSM 13587

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16S rRNA gene: AJ404006 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rees GN, Harfoot CG, Janssen PH, Schoenborn L, Kuever J, Lunsdorf H. Thiobaca trueperi gen. nov., sp. nov., a phototrophic purple sulfur bacterium isolated from freshwater lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:671-678.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:691-692.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thiobaca Rees et al. 2002. Publication: Rees GN, Harfoot CG, Janssen PH, Schoenborn L, Kuever J, Lunsdorf H. Thiobaca trueperi gen. nov., sp. nov., a phototrophic purple sulfur bacterium isolated from freshwater lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:671-678.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thiobaca Rees et al. 2002

Assigned by: Rees GN, Harfoot CG, Janssen PH, Schoenborn L, Kuever J, Lunsdorf H. Thiobaca trueperi gen. nov., sp. nov., a phototrophic purple sulfur bacterium isolated from freshwater lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:671-678.

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Record number: 782703