Name: Metallosphaera sedula Huber et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: se.du.la. L. fem. adj. sedula, busy, diligent, industrious, describing the efficient metal mobilization

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51363; DSM 5348; IFO 15509; JCM 9185; NBRC 15509; TH2

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16S rRNA gene: D26491 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Huber G, Spinnler C, Gambacorta A, Stetter KO. Metallosphaera sedula gen. and sp. nov. represents a new genus of aerobic, metal-mobilizing, thermoacidophilic archaebacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 12:3847.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Metallosphaera Huber et al. 1989. Publication: Huber G, Spinnler C, Gambacorta A, Stetter KO. Metallosphaera sedula gen. and sp. nov. represents a new genus of aerobic, metal-mobilizing, thermoacidophilic archaebacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 12:3847.
  • 😷 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 85 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Metallosphaera Huber et al. 1989

Assigned by: Huber G, Spinnler C, Gambacorta A, Stetter KO. Metallosphaera sedula gen. and sp. nov. represents a new genus of aerobic, metal-mobilizing, thermoacidophilic archaebacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 12:3847.

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