Name: Metallosphaera prunae Fuchs et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pru.nae. L. gen. fem. n. prunae, of a burning coal, of the glowing coal

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 10039; Ron 12/II

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X90482 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Fuchs T, Huber H, Teiner K, Burggraf S, Stetter KO. Metallosphaera prunae, sp. nov., a novel metal-mobilizing, thermoacidophilic Archaeum, isolated from a uranium mine in Germany. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 18:560-566.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 57. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:625-626.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Metallosphaera Huber et al. 1989

Assigned by: Fuchs T, Huber H, Teiner K, Burggraf S, Stetter KO. Metallosphaera prunae, sp. nov., a novel metal-mobilizing, thermoacidophilic Archaeum, isolated from a uranium mine in Germany. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 18:560-566.

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Record number: 777779