Genus Ammonifex
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Ammonifex Huber and Stetter 1996, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ammonifex degensii Huber and Stetter 1996.
Etymology: N.L. n. ammonium, ammonium; L. suff. -fex (from L. v. facere, to make), maker; N.L. masc. n. Ammonifex, the ammonium-maker.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 58. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 836-837.
Effective publication: HUBER (H.), ROSSNAGEL (P.), WOESE (C.R.), RACHEL (R.), LANGWORTHY (T.A.) and STETTER (K.O.): Formation of ammonium from nitrate during chemolithoautotrophic growth of the extremely thermophilic bacterium Ammonifex degensii gen. nov. sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1996, 19, 40-49.
Validation List no. 58 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ Ammonifex Huber and Stetter 1996 emend. Miroshnichenko et al. 2008.
Reference: MIROSHNICHENKO (M.L.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.), CHERNYCH (N.) and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.): Ammonifex thiophilus sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic anaerobic bacterium from a Kamchatka hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2935-2938.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ammonifex degensii Huber and Stetter 1996, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KC4 = DSM 10501.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP001785 (complete genome).
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. degensii, of Degens, honoring Egon T. Degens.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 58. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 836-837.
Effective publication: HUBER (H.), ROSSNAGEL (P.), WOESE (C.R.), RACHEL (R.), LANGWORTHY (T.A.) and STETTER (K.O.): Formation of ammonium from nitrate during chemolithoautotrophic growth of the extremely thermophilic bacterium Ammonifex degensii gen. nov. sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1996, 19, 40-49.
Validation List no. 58 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Ammonifex thiophilus Miroshnichenko et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SR = DSM 19636 = VKM B-2461.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF554597.
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. thiophilus, sulfur-loving.
Valid publication: MIROSHNICHENKO (M.L.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.), CHERNYCH (N.) and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.): Ammonifex thiophilus sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic anaerobic bacterium from a Kamchatka hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2935-2938.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The epithet thiophilus is a "N.L. masc. adj.", not a "N.L. neut. adj." as cited in the paper by Miroshnichenko et al. 2008.