Name: Metallosphaera hakonensis (Takayanagi et al. 1996) Kurosawa et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sulfolobus hakonensis Takayanagi et al. 1996

Etymology: N.L. masc./fem. adj. hakonensis, pertaining to Hakone, Japan, where the type strain was isolated

Type strains: ATCC 51241; DSM 7519; HO1-1; IAM 14250; JCM 8857

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D86414 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kurosawa N, Itoh YH, Itoh T. Reclassification of Sulfolobus hakonensis Takayanagi et al. 1996 as Metallosphaera hakonensis comb. nov. based on phylogenetic evidence and DNA G+C content. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1607-1608.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sulfolobus hakonensis Takayanagi et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published

Parent taxon: Metallosphaera Huber et al. 1989

Assigned by: Kurosawa N, Itoh YH, Itoh T. Reclassification of Sulfolobus hakonensis Takayanagi et al. 1996 as Metallosphaera hakonensis comb. nov. based on phylogenetic evidence and DNA G+C content. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1607-1608.

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