Name: Archaeoglobus veneficus Huber et al. 1998
Etymology: ve.ne’fi.cus. L. masc. adj. veneficus, the poisoner, intended to mean the poison mixer, to give credit to its ability to convert one toxic compound (sulfite) into another (sulfide)
Type strain: DSM 11195; SNP6
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16S rRNA gene: Y10011 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Huber H, Jannasch H, Rachel R, Fuchs T, Stetter KO. Archaeoglobus veneficus sp. nov., a novel facultative chemolithoautotrophic hyperthermophilic sulfite reducer, isolated from abyssal black smokers. Syst Appl Microbiol 1997; 20:374-380.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 64. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:327-328.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Archaeoglobus Stetter 1988
Assigned by: Huber H, Jannasch H, Rachel R, Fuchs T, Stetter KO. Archaeoglobus veneficus sp. nov., a novel facultative chemolithoautotrophic hyperthermophilic sulfite reducer, isolated from abyssal black smokers. Syst Appl Microbiol 1997; 20:374-380.
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