Name: Hydrogenophilus islandicus Vésteinsdóttir et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: is.lan’di.cus. N.L. masc. adj. islandicus, Icelandic, describing the place of its first isolation

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: hy-dro-ge-NO-p^hi-lus is-LAN-di-kus, masculine

Type strain: 16C; DSM 21442; JCM 16106

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16S rRNA gene: EU625664 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vesteinsdottir H, Reynisdottir DB, Orlygsson J. Hydrogenophilus islandicus sp. nov., a thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium isolated from an Icelandic hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:290-294. 🇮🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1014-1015.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Hydrogenophilus Hayashi et al. 1999

Assigned by: Vesteinsdottir H, Reynisdottir DB, Orlygsson J. Hydrogenophilus islandicus sp. nov., a thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium isolated from an Icelandic hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:290-294. 🇮🇸

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