Name: Desulfacinum hydrothermale Sievert and Kuever 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro.ther.ma’le. Gr. neut. n. hydôr, water; Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; L. neut. adj. suff. -ale, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. hydrothermale, pertaining to hot water, i.e. to hydrothermal vents

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 13146; MT-96

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16S rRNA gene: AF170417 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sievert SM, Kuever J. Desulfacinum hydrothermale sp. nov., a thermophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium from geothermally heated sediments near Milos Island (Greece). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1239-1246.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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: Desulfacinum Rees et al. 1995

Assigned by: Sievert SM, Kuever J. Desulfacinum hydrothermale sp. nov., a thermophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium from geothermally heated sediments near Milos Island (Greece). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1239-1246.

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Record number: 775519