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. — 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 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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