Name: "Aquifex aeolicus" Huber and Stetter 2001

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: Huber R, Stetter KO. Genus I. Aquifex Huber and Stetter 1992e, 656VP (Effective publication: Huber and Stetter in Huber, Wilharm, Huber, Trincone, Burggraf, König, Rachel, Rockinger, Fricke and Stetter 1992b, 349). In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 360-362.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Aquifex aeolicus" Cole et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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".

Parent taxon: Aquifex Huber and Stetter 1992

Assigned by: Huber R, Stetter KO. Genus I. Aquifex Huber and Stetter 1992e, 656VP (Effective publication: Huber and Stetter in Huber, Wilharm, Huber, Trincone, Burggraf, König, Rachel, Rockinger, Fricke and Stetter 1992b, 349). In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 360-362.

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Record number: 801223