Genus Fervidicoccus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
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).
Fervidicoccus Perevalova et al. 2010, gen. nov. (Type genus of the order ¤ Fervidicoccales Perevalova et al. 2010; type genus of the family ¤ Fervidicoccaceae Perevalova et al. 2010).
Type species: ¤ Fervidicoccus fontis Perevalova et al. 2010.
Etymology: L. adj. fervidus, hot; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), a grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Fervidicoccus, coccus which grows at high temperatures.
Valid publication: PEREVALOVA (A.A.), BIDZHIEVA (S.K.), KUBLANOV (I.V.), HINRICHS (K.U.), LIU (X.L.), MARDANOV (A.V.), LEBEDINSKY (A.V.) and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.): Fervidicoccus fontis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic crenarchaeote from terrestrial hot springs, and proposal of Fervidicoccaceae fam. nov. and Fervidicoccales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2082-2088.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Fervidicoccus fontis Perevalova et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Kam940 = 940 = DSM 19380 = VKM B-2539.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF552404.
Etymology: L. gen. n. fontis, of a spring or fountain, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a terrestrial hot spring.
Valid publication: PEREVALOVA (A.A.), BIDZHIEVA (S.K.), KUBLANOV (I.V.), HINRICHS (K.U.), LIU (X.L.), MARDANOV (A.V.), LEBEDINSKY (A.V.) and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.): Fervidicoccus fontis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic crenarchaeote from terrestrial hot springs, and proposal of Fervidicoccaceae fam. nov. and Fervidicoccales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2082-2088.
Original article in IJSEM Online