Name: "Aquifex aeolicus" Cole et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ae.o’li.cus. N.L. masc. adj. aeolicus, Æolian, referring to the Lipari Islands near Sicily, the source of the first isolated strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: VF5

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ309733 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Cole ST, Brosch R, Parkhill J, Garnier T, Churcher C, Harris D, Gordon SV, Eiglmeier K, Gas S, Barry CE, et al. Deciphering the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the complete genome sequence. Nature 1998; 393:537-544.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Aquifex aeolicus" Huber and Stetter 2001

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Aquifex aeolicus" Huber and Stetter 2001	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1".
  • 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

Parent taxon: Aquifex Huber and Stetter 1992

Assigned by: Cole ST, Brosch R, Parkhill J, Garnier T, Churcher C, Harris D, Gordon SV, Eiglmeier K, Gas S, Barry CE, et al. Deciphering the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the complete genome sequence. Nature 1998; 393:537-544.

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Record number: 43032