Name: Hippea maritima Miroshnichenko et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’ti.ma. L. fem. adj. maritima, inhabiting marine environments

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700847; DSM 10411; MH2

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16S rRNA gene: Y18292 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Miroshnichenko ML, Rainey FA, Rhode M, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Hippea maritima gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of thermophilic, sulfur-reducing bacterium from submarine hot vents. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1033-1038.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Hippea Miroshnichenko et al. 1999. Publication: Miroshnichenko ML, Rainey FA, Rhode M, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Hippea maritima gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of thermophilic, sulfur-reducing bacterium from submarine hot vents. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1033-1038.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Huntemann M, Lu M, Nolan M, Lapidus A, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, Tapia R, Han C, et al. Complete genome sequence of the thermophilic sulfur-reducer Hippea maritima type strain (MH(2)). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 4:303-311.

Parent taxon: Hippea Miroshnichenko et al. 1999

Assigned by: Miroshnichenko ML, Rainey FA, Rhode M, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Hippea maritima gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of thermophilic, sulfur-reducing bacterium from submarine hot vents. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1033-1038.

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