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. — 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 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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