Name: Acidiphilium cryptum Harrison 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cryp’tum. N.L. neut. adj. cryptum, hidden; from Gr. neut. adj. krypton, hidden or secret

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33463; DSM 2389; IFO 14242; JCM 21277; Lhet2; NBRC 14242

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16S rRNA gene: D30773 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Harrison Jr. AP. Acidiphilium cryptum gen. nov., sp. nov., heterotrophic bacterium from acidic mineral environments. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:327-332.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Acidiphilium Harrison 1981. Publication: Harrison Jr. AP. Acidiphilium cryptum gen. nov., sp. nov., heterotrophic bacterium from acidic mineral environments. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:327-332.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 44 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Acidiphilium Harrison 1981

Assigned by: Harrison Jr. AP. Acidiphilium cryptum gen. nov., sp. nov., heterotrophic bacterium from acidic mineral environments. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:327-332.

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Record number: 772581