Name: Chloroflexus islandicus Gaisin et al. 2017
Etymology: is.lan’di.cus. N.L. masc. adj. islandicus, from Iceland, referring to the location of source isolation
Type strain: DSM 29225; isl-2; JCM 30533; VKM B-2978
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16S rRNA gene: KP939041 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Gaisin VA, Kalashnikov AM, Grouzdev DS, Sukhacheva MV, Kuznetsov BB, Gorlenko VM. Chloroflexus islandicus sp. nov., a thermophilic filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium from a geyser. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1381-1386.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Chloroflexus Pierson and Castenholz 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Gaisin VA, Kalashnikov AM, Grouzdev DS, Sukhacheva MV, Kuznetsov BB, Gorlenko VM. Chloroflexus islandicus sp. nov., a thermophilic filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium from a geyser. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1381-1386.
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Record number: 795231