Name: Archaeoglobus fulgidus Stetter 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ful’gi.dus. L. masc. adj. fulgidus, shining, on account of its fluorescence under the UV microscope

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49558; DSM 4304; JCM 9628; NBRC 100126; VC-16

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X05567 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Stetter KO. Archaeoglobus fulgidus gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new taxon of extremely thermophilic Archaebacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:172-173.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Archaeoglobus Stetter 1988. Publication: Stetter KO. Archaeoglobus fulgidus gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new taxon of extremely thermophilic Archaebacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:172-173.
  • 😷 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". — 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 556 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Archaeoglobus Stetter 1988

Assigned by: Stetter KO. Archaeoglobus fulgidus gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new taxon of extremely thermophilic Archaebacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:172-173.

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