Name: Fervidobacterium islandicum Huber et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: is.lan’di.cum. N.L. neut. adj. islandicum, pertaining to Island, describing its place of isolation

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … is-LAN-di-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49647; DSM 5733; H21

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16S rRNA gene: M59176 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Huber R, Woese CR, Langworthy TA, Kristjansson JK, Stetter KO. Fervidobacterium islandicum sp. nov., a new extremely thermophilic eubacterium belonging to the "Thermotogales". Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 154:105-111. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 36. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:178-179.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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. — 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 21 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Fervidobacterium Patel et al. 1985

Assigned by: Huber R, Woese CR, Langworthy TA, Kristjansson JK, Stetter KO. Fervidobacterium islandicum sp. nov., a new extremely thermophilic eubacterium belonging to the "Thermotogales". Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 154:105-111. 🇩🇪

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