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Tepidibacter

Tepidibacter is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria in the family Clostridiaceae.

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Tepidibacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Peptostreptococcales
Family: Peptostreptococcaceae
Genus: Tepidibacter
Slobodkin et al. 2003
Type species
Tepidibacter thalassicus
Slobodkin et al. 20031
Species

Tepidibacter is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria in the family Clostridiaceae.2

The type species of this genus is Tepidibacter thalassicus, a moderately thermophilic bacterial species isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vents.3 Additional species within this genus have been identified.45


Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)1 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)6

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024789 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220101112
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T. formicigenes Urios et al. 2004

T. thalassicus Slobodkin et al. 2003

T. hydrothermalis Dai et al. 2023

T. mesophilus Tan et al. 2012

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References

References

  1. A.C. Parte; et al. "Tepidibacter". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  2. Slobodkin, Alexander (2015). "Tepidibacter". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp. 1–4. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00669. ISBN 9781118960608.
  3. Slobodkin, A. I. (1 July 2003). "Tepidibacter thalassicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, anaerobic, fermentative bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (4): 1131–1134. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02600-0. PMID 12892139.
  4. Urios, L. (1 March 2004). "Tepidibacter formicigenes sp. nov., a novel spore-forming bacterium isolated from a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (2): 439–443. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02836-0. PMID 15023956.
  5. Tan, H.-Q.; Wu, X.-Y.; Zhang, X.-Q.; Wu, M.; Zhu, X.-F. (18 February 2011). "Tepidibacter mesophilus sp. nov., a mesophilic fermentative anaerobe isolated from soil polluted by crude oil, and emended description of the genus Tepidibacter". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62 (1): 66–70. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.027409-0. PMID 21335504.
  6. Sayers; et al. "Tepidibacter". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  7. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  9. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  10. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  11. "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  12. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.