Name: Acidianus ambivalens (Zillig and Böck 1987) Fuchs et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfurolobus ambivalens Zillig and Böck 1987

Etymology: amb.i.va.lens. L. pres. part. valens, healthy; N.L. part. adj. ambivalens, ambivalent

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 104912; DSM 3772; JCM 9191; Lei 10

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D85506 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Fuchs T, Huber H, Burggraf S, Stetter KO. 16S rDNA-based phylogeny of the archaeal order Sulfolobales and reclassification of Desulfurolobus ambivalens as Acidianus ambivalens comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1996; 19:56-60.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 58. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:836-837.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfurolobus ambivalens Zillig and Böck 1987	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.26750 (N = 1).
  • The strain CIP 104912 is not available. — Bizet C. Personal communication, 2005-06-28.

Parent taxon: Acidianus Segerer et al. 1986

Assigned by: Fuchs T, Huber H, Burggraf S, Stetter KO. 16S rDNA-based phylogeny of the archaeal order Sulfolobales and reclassification of Desulfurolobus ambivalens as Acidianus ambivalens comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1996; 19:56-60.

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Record number: 772572