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Species Metallosphaera sedula
Name: Metallosphaera sedula Huber et al. 1989
Etymology: se’du.la. L. fem. adj. sedula, busy, diligent, industrious, describing the efficient metal mobilization
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … SE-du-la, feminine
Type strain: ATCC 51363; DSM 5348; IFO 15509; JCM 9185; NBRC 15509; TH2
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
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. 
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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
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Notes:
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🥇 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. — 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 91 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
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🥇 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.
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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Record number: 777780
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