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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Alicyclobacillus vulcanalis

Name: Alicyclobacillus vulcanalis Simbahan et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vul.ca.na’lis. L. masc. adj. vulcanalis, belonging to Vulcan, Roman god of fire and metal working

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-li-ky-klo-ba-KIL-lus wul-ka-NA-lis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-915; CsHg2; DSM 16176

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16S rRNA gene: AB222267 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Simbahan J, Drijber R, Blum P. Alicyclobacillus vulcanalis sp. nov., a thermophilic, acidophilic bacterium isolated from Coso Hot Springs, California, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1703-1707. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Alicyclobacillus Wisotzkey et al. 1992

Assigned by: Simbahan J, Drijber R, Blum P. Alicyclobacillus vulcanalis sp. nov., a thermophilic, acidophilic bacterium isolated from Coso Hot Springs, California, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1703-1707. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 773061

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