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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Archaeoglobus lithotrophicus"

Name: "Archaeoglobus lithotrophicus" Stetter et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.tho.tro’phi.cus. N.L. masc. adj. lithotrophicus, grows lithotrophically

Pronunciation, gender: li-tho-TRO-phi-kus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: TF2

16S rRNA gene: AJ299218 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Stetter KO, Huber R, Blöchl E, Kurr M, Eden RD, Fiedler M, Cash H, Vance I. Hyperthermophilic archaea are thriving in deep North Sea and Alaskan oil reservoirs. Nature 1993; 365:743-745.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Archaeoglobus Stetter 1988

Assigned by: Stetter KO, Huber R, Blöchl E, Kurr M, Eden RD, Fiedler M, Cash H, Vance I. Hyperthermophilic archaea are thriving in deep North Sea and Alaskan oil reservoirs. Nature 1993; 365:743-745.

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Record number: 800910
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