Name: Thermotoga naphthophila Takahata et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: naph.tho’phi.la. Gr. fem. n. naphtha, naphta, bitumen; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friend, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. naphthophila, bitumen-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^her-MO-to-ga nap^h-T^HO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: DSM 13996; JCM 10882; RKU-10

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16S rRNA gene: AJ872268 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takahata Y, Nishijima M, Hoaki T, Maruyama T. Thermotoga petrophila sp. nov. and Thermotoga naphthophila sp. nov., two hyperthermophilic bacteria from the Kubiki oil reservoir in Niigata, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1901-1909. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thermotoga petrophila Takahata et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermotoga petrophila Takahata et al. 2001	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Summers et al. (2020), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Thermotoga petrophila Takahata et al. 2001. Publication: Summers ZM, Belahbib H, Pradel N, Bartoli M, Mishra P, Tamburini C, Dolla A, Ollivier B, Armougom F. A novel Thermotoga strain TFO isolated from a Californian petroleum reservoir phylogenetically related to Thermotoga petrophila and T. naphthophila, two thermophilic anaerobic isolates from a Japanese reservoir: Taxonomic and genomic considerations. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126132. 🇺🇸
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 34. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4816.
  • ❗ Thermotoga naphthophila is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Thermotoga.
  • 😷 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 14 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Thermotoga Stetter and Huber 1986

Assigned by: Takahata Y, Nishijima M, Hoaki T, Maruyama T. Thermotoga petrophila sp. nov. and Thermotoga naphthophila sp. nov., two hyperthermophilic bacteria from the Kubiki oil reservoir in Niigata, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1901-1909. 🇯🇵

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