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Subspecies Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus subsp. ethanolicus
Name: Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus subsp. ethanolicus (Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982) Bing 2026
Basonym: Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982
Etymology: e.tha.no’li.cus. N.L. neut. n. ethanol, ethanol; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. ethanolicus, indicating the production of ethanol
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … e-tha-NO-li-kus, masculine
Type strain: ATCC 31550; DSM 2246; JW 200
Effective publication: Bing RG. Reclassifications within order Thermoanaerobacterales - dichotomization of genus Caldicellulosiruptor forming Anaerocellum gen. nov. within Caldicellulosiruptoraceae fam. nov., Caldicellulosiruptorales ord. nov.; proposal to unify 20 species, subspecies, and strains as subspecies within 7 species across the order. In: Bing RG (eds), Metabolic engineering and optimization of non-native solventogenic lignocellulose fermentation by the extreme thermophile Anaerocellum bescii, Ph.D. thesis., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 2024, p. 155-189.
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus subsp. indiensis Bing 2026 but an explicit description was also provided. Publication: Bing RG. Reclassifications within order Thermoanaerobacterales - dichotomization of genus Caldicellulosiruptor forming Anaerocellum gen. nov. within Caldicellulosiruptoraceae fam. nov., Caldicellulosiruptorales ord. nov.; proposal to unify 20 species, subspecies, and strains as subspecies within 7 species across the order. In: Bing RG (eds), Metabolic engineering and optimization of non-native solventogenic lignocellulose fermentation by the extreme thermophile Anaerocellum bescii, Ph.D. thesis., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 2024, p. 155-189.
- 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus subsp. thermohydrosulfuricus (Klaushofer and Parkkinen 1965) Bing 2026 but an explicit description was also provided. Publication: Bing RG. Reclassifications within order Thermoanaerobacterales - dichotomization of genus Caldicellulosiruptor forming Anaerocellum gen. nov. within Caldicellulosiruptoraceae fam. nov., Caldicellulosiruptorales ord. nov.; proposal to unify 20 species, subspecies, and strains as subspecies within 7 species across the order. In: Bing RG (eds), Metabolic engineering and optimization of non-native solventogenic lignocellulose fermentation by the extreme thermophile Anaerocellum bescii, Ph.D. thesis., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 2024, p. 155-189.
Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982
Assigned by: Bing RG. Reclassifications within order Thermoanaerobacterales - dichotomization of genus Caldicellulosiruptor forming Anaerocellum gen. nov. within Caldicellulosiruptoraceae fam. nov., Caldicellulosiruptorales ord. nov.; proposal to unify 20 species, subspecies, and strains as subspecies within 7 species across the order. In: Bing RG (eds), Metabolic engineering and optimization of non-native solventogenic lignocellulose fermentation by the extreme thermophile Anaerocellum bescii, Ph.D. thesis., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 2024, p. 155-189.
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Record number: 70446
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