Name: Carboxydothermus islandicus Novikov et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: is.lan’di.cus. N.L. masc. adj. islandicus, of or pertaining to Iceland, Icelandic

Pronunciation, gender: is-LAN-di-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 21830; SET IS-9; VKM B-2561

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16S rRNA gene: GQ324698 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Novikov AA, Sokolova TG, Lebedinsky AV, Kolganova TV, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Carboxydothermus islandicus sp. nov., a thermophilic, hydrogenogenic, carboxydotrophic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2532-2537.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:5-6.

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. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Carboxydothermus Svetlichny et al. 1991

Assigned by: Novikov AA, Sokolova TG, Lebedinsky AV, Kolganova TV, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Carboxydothermus islandicus sp. nov., a thermophilic, hydrogenogenic, carboxydotrophic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2532-2537.

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Record number: 789490