Name: Caldanaerobacter subterraneus subsp. tengcongensis (Xue et al. 2001) Fardeau et al. 2004

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis Xue et al. 2001

Etymology: teng.con.gen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. tengcongensis, pertaining to Tengcong, China

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Chinese Collection of Microorganisms AS 1.2430; DSM 15242; JCM 11007; MB4; NBRC 100824

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF209708 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fardeau ML, Bonilla Salinas M, L'Haridon S, Jeanthon C, Verhe F, Cayol JL, Patel BK, Garcia JL, Ollivier B. Isolation from oil reservoirs of novel thermophilic anaerobes phylogenetically related to Thermoanaerobacter subterraneus: reassignment of T. subterraneus, Thermoanaerobacter yonseiensis, Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis and Carboxydibrachium pacificum to Caldanaerobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., comb. nov. as four novel subspecies. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:467-474.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis Xue et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.

Parent taxon: Caldanaerobacter subterraneus (Fardeau et al. 2000) Fardeau et al. 2004

Assigned by: Fardeau ML, Bonilla Salinas M, L'Haridon S, Jeanthon C, Verhe F, Cayol JL, Patel BK, Garcia JL, Ollivier B. Isolation from oil reservoirs of novel thermophilic anaerobes phylogenetically related to Thermoanaerobacter subterraneus: reassignment of T. subterraneus, Thermoanaerobacter yonseiensis, Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis and Carboxydibrachium pacificum to Caldanaerobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., comb. nov. as four novel subspecies. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:467-474.

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