Name: Metallosphaera tengchongensis Peng et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: teng.chong.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. tengchongensis, pertaining to Teng-Chong, Yunnan, Republic of China, from where the organism was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.12287; NBRC 109472; Ric-A

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16S rRNA gene: KJ735100 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Peng TJ, Liu LJ, Liu C, Yang ZF, Liu SJ, Jiang CY. Metallosphaera tengchongensis sp. nov., an acidothermophilic archaeon isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:537-542.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1397-1399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Metallosphaera Huber et al. 1989

Assigned by: Peng TJ, Liu LJ, Liu C, Yang ZF, Liu SJ, Jiang CY. Metallosphaera tengchongensis sp. nov., an acidothermophilic archaeon isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:537-542.

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Record number: 792556