Name: Archaeoglobus sulfaticallidus Steinsbu et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sul.fa.ti.cal.li.dus. N.L. masc. n. sulfas (gen. sulfatis), sulfate; L. masc. adj. callidus, skilful; N.L. masc. adj. sulfaticallidus, skilful with sulfate, referring to the strain's capability of both chemolithoautotrophic and chemo-organotrophic growth on sulfate

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 19444; JCM 14716; PM70-1

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16S rRNA gene: FJ810190 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Steinsbu BO, Thorseth IH, Nakagawa S, Inagaki F, Lever MA, Engelen B, Ovreas L, Pedersen RB. Archaeoglobus sulfaticallidus sp. nov., a thermophilic and facultatively lithoautotrophic sulfate-reducer isolated from black rust exposed to hot ridge flank crustal fluids. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2745-2752.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:477-478.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Archaeoglobus Stetter 1988

Assigned by: Steinsbu BO, Thorseth IH, Nakagawa S, Inagaki F, Lever MA, Engelen B, Ovreas L, Pedersen RB. Archaeoglobus sulfaticallidus sp. nov., a thermophilic and facultatively lithoautotrophic sulfate-reducer isolated from black rust exposed to hot ridge flank crustal fluids. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2745-2752.

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Record number: 788917