Name: "Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis" Hamilton-Brehm et al. 2010
Etymology: ob.si.dian’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. obsidiansis, from Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National Park, WY [probably better: obsidianensis]
Type strain: ATCC BAA-2073; OB47
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16S rRNA gene: GQ338764 Analyse FASTA
Original publication: Hamilton-Brehm SD, Mosher JJ, Vishnivetskaya T, Podar M, Carroll S, Allman S, Phelps TJ, Keller M, Elkins JG. Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis sp. nov., an anaerobic, extremely thermophilic, cellulolytic bacterium isolated from Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National Park. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:1014-1020.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Caldicellulosiruptor Rainey et al. 1995
Assigned by: Hamilton-Brehm SD, Mosher JJ, Vishnivetskaya T, Podar M, Carroll S, Allman S, Phelps TJ, Keller M, Elkins JG. Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis sp. nov., an anaerobic, extremely thermophilic, cellulolytic bacterium isolated from Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National Park. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:1014-1020.
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Record number: 800941