Name: Fervidicoccus fontis Perevalova et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fon’tis. L. gen. masc. n. fontis, of a spring or fountain, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a terrestrial hot spring

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 940; DSM 19380; Kam940; VKM B-2539

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF552404 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Perevalova AA, Bidzhieva SKh, Kublanov IV, Hinrichs KU, Liu XL, Mardanov AV, Lebedinsky AV, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Fervidicoccus fontis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic crenarchaeote from terrestrial hot springs, and proposal of Fervidicoccaceae fam. nov. and Fervidicoccales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2082-2088.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2695-2696.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Fervidicoccus Perevalova et al. 2010. Publication: Perevalova AA, Bidzhieva SKh, Kublanov IV, Hinrichs KU, Liu XL, Mardanov AV, Lebedinsky AV, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Fervidicoccus fontis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic crenarchaeote from terrestrial hot springs, and proposal of Fervidicoccaceae fam. nov. and Fervidicoccales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2082-2088.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Fervidicoccus Perevalova et al. 2010

Assigned by: Perevalova AA, Bidzhieva SKh, Kublanov IV, Hinrichs KU, Liu XL, Mardanov AV, Lebedinsky AV, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Fervidicoccus fontis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic crenarchaeote from terrestrial hot springs, and proposal of Fervidicoccaceae fam. nov. and Fervidicoccales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2082-2088.

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