Name: Ignicoccus hospitalis Paper et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hos.pi.ta.lis. L. masc. adj. hospitalis, relating to a guest, hospitable, referring to its ability to serve as a host for "Nanoarchaeum equitans"

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 18386; JCM 14125; KIN4/I

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ318042 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Paper W, Jahn U, Hohn MJ, Kronner M, Nather DJ, Burghardt T, Rachel R, Stetter KO, Huber H. Ignicoccus hospitalis sp. nov., the host of 'Nanoarchaeum equitans'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:803-808.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1374-1375.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.20087 (N = 3).
  • 😷 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 54 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Ignicoccus Huber et al. 2000

Assigned by: Paper W, Jahn U, Hohn MJ, Kronner M, Nather DJ, Burghardt T, Rachel R, Stetter KO, Huber H. Ignicoccus hospitalis sp. nov., the host of 'Nanoarchaeum equitans'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:803-808.

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Record number: 777019