Name: Aeropyrum camini Nakagawa et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.mi’ni. L. gen. masc. n. camini, of a chimney, relating to its isolation from a hydrothermal vent chimney

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-758; DSM 16960; JCM 12091; SY1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB109559 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nakagawa S, Takai K, Horikoshi K, Sako Y. Aeropyrum camini sp. nov., a strictly aerobic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:329-335.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Aeropyrum Sako et al. 1996

Assigned by: Nakagawa S, Takai K, Horikoshi K, Sako Y. Aeropyrum camini sp. nov., a strictly aerobic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:329-335.

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Record number: 772924