Thermohydrogenium

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

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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").

Thermohydrogenium Zacharova et al. 1996, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thermohydrogenium kirishiense Zacharova et al. 1996.
Etymology: Not given in the paper by Zacharova et al. 1996. The etymology seems to be the following: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. neut. n. hydrogenium, hydogen; N.L. neut. n. Thermohydrogenium, a thermophilic bacterium producing hydrogen.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 57. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 625-626. [ZACHAROVA (E.V.), MITROFANOVA (T.I.), KRASILNIKOVA (E.N.) and KONDRATIEVA (E.N.): Thermohydrogenium kirishiense gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new anaerobic thermophilic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol., 1993, 160, 492-497.]
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Thermohydrogenium kirishiense Zacharova et al. 1996, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ZE-7 (strain deposited in the collection of the Department of Microbiology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia) = DSM 11055.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FR749963 (type strain DSM 11055, clone 1), FR749964 (type strain DSM 11055, clone 2), FR749965 (type strain DSM 11055, clone 3).
Etymology: Not given in the paper by Zacharova et al. 1996. The etymology seems to be the following: N.L. neut. adj. kirishiense, of or belonging to Kirishi.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 57. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 625-626. [ZACHAROVA (E.V.), MITROFANOVA (T.I.), KRASILNIKOVA (E.N.) and KONDRATIEVA (E.N.): Thermohydrogenium kirishiense gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new anaerobic thermophilic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol., 1993, 160, 492-497.]
Validation List N° 57 in IJSEM Online (PDF format) - Effective publication Online

Note: The 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain shows an unexpected affiliation with a deep branch in ¤ Clostridia (98.3% similarity against ¤ Thermoanaerobacterium aotearoense).
Reference: YARZA (P.), SPRÖER (C.), SWIDERSKI (J.), MROTZEK (N.), SPRING (S.), TINDALL (B.J.), GRONOW (S.), PUKALL (R.), KLENK (H.P.), LANG (E.), VERBARG (S.), CROUCH (A.), LILBURN (T.), BECK (B.), UNOSSON (C.), CARDEW (S.), MOORE (E.R.B.), GOMILA (M.), NAKAGAWA (Y.), JANSSENS (D.), DE VOS (P.), PEIREN (J.), SUTTELS (T.), CLERMONT (D.), BIZET (C.), SAKAMOTO (M.), IIDA (T.), KUDO (T.), KOSAKO (Y.), OSHIDA (Y.), OHKUMA (M.), ARAHAL (D.R.), SPIECK (E.), POMMERENING ROESER (A.), FIGGE (M.), PARK (D.), BUCHANAN (P.), CIFUENTES (A.), MUNOZ (R.), EUZEBY (J.P.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), LUDWIG (W.), AMANN (R.), GLÖCKNER (F.O.) and RÓSSELLO-MÓRA (R.): Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2013, 36, 69-73.
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