
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.461
Name	Thermotoga elfii Ravot et al. 1995
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Ravot et al. 1995
Preferred Name	Pseudothermotoga elfii
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.461
Type Strain representative organism	SERB 6459^T (=DSM 9442 =NCIMB 13424 =ATCC 51869 =NBRC 107921)


Proper Form	Thermotoga elfii Ravot et al. 1995
Nomenclatural History	The species Thermotoga elfii was originally described and validly published by Ravot et al. 1995. In 2014, Bhandari and Gupta established Thermotoga elfii as the basonym of Pseudothermotoga elfii (Ravot et al. 1995) Bhandari and Gupta 2014 emend. Belahbib et al. 2018 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Thermotoga elfii Ravot et al. 1995.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.461.
Source File	10.1601/nm.461.xml

References

Bhandari V, Gupta RS. Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:143-168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-013-0062-7 [PubMed].
Ravot G, Magot M, Fardeau ML, Patel BKC, Prensier G, Egan A, Garcia JL, Ollivier B. Thermotoga elfii sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium from an African oil-producing well. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:308-314. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-45-2-308 [PubMed].