Erratum to: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2014) 105:143–168 DOI 10.1007/s10482-013-0062-7

In the original publication of the article, the description of Pseudothermotoga hypogea comb. nov. has been published incorrectly. The corrected description is given below:

Description of Pseudothermotoga hypogea comb. nov.

Pseudothermotoga hypogea (hy.po.ge’a. Gr. pron. hypo, under; Gr. n. ge, earth; N.L.fem. adj. hypogea, under the earth, referring to the site of isolation).

Basonym: Thermotoga hypogea (Fardeau et al. 1997).

In addition to the characteristics described by Fardeau et al. (1997), the species exhibits the traits listed in the genus description.

Type strain: SEBR 7054 = DSM 11164.

The Genbank accession number for the 16S rRNA gene of the type strain is U89768.