Name: Archaeoglobus infectus Mori et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.fec’tus. L. masc. part. adj. infectus, incomplete, pertaining to the requirement for acetate and coenzyme M for growth

Pronunciation, gender: in-FEK-tus, masculine

Type strain: Arc51; DSM 18877; NBRC 100649

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB274307 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mori K, Maruyama A, Urabe T, Suzuki K, Hanada S. Archaeoglobus infectus sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, chemolithoheterotrophic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea rock collected at Suiyo Seamount, Izu-Bonin Arc, western Pacific Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:810-816.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Archaeoglobus Stetter 1988

Assigned by: Mori K, Maruyama A, Urabe T, Suzuki K, Hanada S. Archaeoglobus infectus sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, chemolithoheterotrophic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea rock collected at Suiyo Seamount, Izu-Bonin Arc, western Pacific Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:810-816.

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