Name: Hydrogenophilus hirschii Stöhr et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hirsch’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hirschii, of Hirsch, named in honor of Peter Hirsch, in recognition of his fundamental contributions to the taxonomy of unusual bacteria

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 107057; DSM 11420; JCM 10831; Yel5a

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16S rRNA gene: AJ131694 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stohr R, Waberski A, Liesack W, Volker H, Wehmeyer U, Thomm M. Hydrogenophilus hirschii sp. nov., a novel thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing beta-proteobacterium isolated from Yellowstone National Park. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:481-488.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Hydrogenophilus Hayashi et al. 1999

Assigned by: Stohr R, Waberski A, Liesack W, Volker H, Wehmeyer U, Thomm M. Hydrogenophilus hirschii sp. nov., a novel thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing beta-proteobacterium isolated from Yellowstone National Park. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:481-488.

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Record number: 776951