Genus Stetteria
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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).
Stetteria Jochimsen et al. 1998 (complete authorship reads Jochimsen, Peinemann-Simon and Thomm), gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Stetteria hydrogenophila Jochimsen et al. 1998.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Stetteria, named after Karl Otto Stetter.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 64. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 327-328.
Effective publication: JOCHIMSEN (B.), PEINEMANN-SIMON (S.), VÖLKER (H.), STÜBEN (D.), BOTZ (R.), STOFFERS (P.), DANDO (P.R.) and THOMM (M.): Stetteria hydrogenophila, gen. nov. and sp. nov., a novel mixotrophic sulfur-dependent crenarchaeote isolated from Milos, Greece. Extremophiles, 1997, 1, 67-73.
Validation List no. 64 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Stetteria hydrogenophila Jochimsen et al. 1998 (complete authorship reads Jochimsen, Peinemann-Simon and Thomm), sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 4ABC = DSM 11227 = JCM 10135.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y07784.
Etymology: N.L. n. hydrogenum (from Gr. n. hudôr, water; and Gr. v. gennaô, to produce), hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); N.L. fem. adj. phila (from Gr. fem. adj. philê), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. hydrogenophila, like hydrogen since growth depends upon on hydrogen.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 64. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 327-328.
Effective publication: JOCHIMSEN (B.), PEINEMANN-SIMON (S.), VÖLKER (H.), STÜBEN (D.), BOTZ (R.), STOFFERS (P.), DANDO (P.R.) and THOMM (M.): Stetteria hydrogenophila, gen. nov. and sp. nov., a novel mixotrophic sulfur-dependent crenarchaeote isolated from Milos, Greece. Extremophiles, 1997, 1, 67-73.
Validation List no. 64 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online