Geothermobacter

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Geothermobacter

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Geothermobacter Kashefi et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Geothermobacter ehrlichii Kashefi et al. 2005.
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. gê, earth; Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. n. bacter, stick, rod; N.L. masc. n. Geothermobacter, a rod from hot hearth.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 102. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 547-549. [KASHEFI (K.), HOLMES (D.E.), BAROSS (J.A.) and LOVLEY (D.R.): Thermophily in the Geobacteraceae: Geothermobacter ehrlichii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic member of the Geobacteraceae from the "Bag City" hydrothermal vent. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 2003, 69, 2985-2993.]
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Note: The Greek word thermos is an adjective, not a noun as cited in the etymology provided by Kashefi et al. 2005.

Geothermobacter ehrlichii Kashefi et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain SS015 = ATCC BAA-635 = DSM 15274 = JCM 12418.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY155599.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. ehrlichii, of Ehrlich, in honor of Henry Lutz Ehrlich, in recognition of his fundamental contributions to the field of geomicrobiology and the area of microbial interactions with metals in particular.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 102. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 547-549. [KASHEFI (K.), HOLMES (D.E.), BAROSS (J.A.) and LOVLEY (D.R.): Thermophily in the Geobacteraceae: Geothermobacter ehrlichii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic member of the Geobacteraceae from the "Bag City" hydrothermal vent. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 2003, 69, 2985-2993.]
Validation List N° 102 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online