Name: Ignicoccus islandicus Huber et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700957; DSM 13165; Ko18; Kol8

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X99562 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Huber H, Burggraf S, Mayer T, Wyschkony I, Rachel R, Stetter KO. Ignicoccus gen. nov., a novel genus of hyperthermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic Archaea, represented by two new species, Ignicoccus islandicus sp nov and Ignicoccus pacificus sp nov. and Ignicoccus pacificus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2093-2100.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ignicoccus Huber et al. 2000. Publication: Huber H, Burggraf S, Mayer T, Wyschkony I, Rachel R, Stetter KO. Ignicoccus gen. nov., a novel genus of hyperthermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic Archaea, represented by two new species, Ignicoccus islandicus sp nov and Ignicoccus pacificus sp nov. and Ignicoccus pacificus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2093-2100.
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Complete authorship reads: Huber, Burggraf and Stetter 2000 in Huber, Burggraf, Mayer, Wyschkony, Rachel and Stetter 2000. — 🧍 Complete authorship reads: Huber, Burggraf, Mayer and Stetter.

Parent taxon: Ignicoccus Huber et al. 2000

Assigned by: Huber H, Burggraf S, Mayer T, Wyschkony I, Rachel R, Stetter KO. Ignicoccus gen. nov., a novel genus of hyperthermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic Archaea, represented by two new species, Ignicoccus islandicus sp nov and Ignicoccus pacificus sp nov. and Ignicoccus pacificus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2093-2100.

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Record number: 777020