Name: Brockia lithotrophica Perevalova et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.tho.tro’phi.ca. Gr. masc./fem. n. lithos, stone; N.L. fem. adj. trophica, nursing, tending or feeding; from Gr. fem. adj. trophikê; N.L. fem. adj. lithotrophica, inorganic-substrate-consuming

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 22653; Kam1851; VKM B-2685

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16S rRNA gene: HQ540553 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Perevalova AA, Kublanov IV, Baslerov RV, Zhang G, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Brockia lithotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium from a terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:479-483.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Brockia Perevalova et al. 2013. Publication: Perevalova AA, Kublanov IV, Baslerov RV, Zhang G, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Brockia lithotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium from a terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:479-483.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Brockia Perevalova et al. 2013

Assigned by: Perevalova AA, Kublanov IV, Baslerov RV, Zhang G, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Brockia lithotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium from a terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:479-483.

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Record number: 790497