Name: Metallosphaera cuprina Liu et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cu’pri.na. L. neut. n. cuprum, copper; L. adj. suff. -inus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; L. fem. adj. cuprina, belonging to copper, describing its ability to extract copper ions from ores

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Ar-4; CGMCC 1.7082; JCM 15769

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16S rRNA gene: FN796482 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu LJ, You XY, Guo X, Liu SJ, Jiang CY. Metallosphaera cuprina sp. nov., an acidothermophilic, metal-mobilizing archaeon. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2395-2400.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13409 (N = 7).
  • 😷 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 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Metallosphaera Huber et al. 1989

Assigned by: Liu LJ, You XY, Guo X, Liu SJ, Jiang CY. Metallosphaera cuprina sp. nov., an acidothermophilic, metal-mobilizing archaeon. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2395-2400.

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