Name: Nautilia profundicola Smith et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.fun.di’co.la. L. neut. adj. profundum, depth, abyss; L. masc./fem. n. incola, inhabitant; N.L. masc./fem. n. profundicola, inhabitant of the abyss

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pro-fun-DI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: AmH; ATCC BAA-1463; DSM 18972

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16S rRNA gene: AF357197 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Smith JL, Campbell BJ, Hanson TE, Zhang CL, Cary SC. Nautilia profundicola sp. nov., a thermophilic, sulfur-reducing epsilonproteobacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1598-1602. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2247-2248.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.20456 (N = 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Nautilia Miroshnichenko et al. 2002

Assigned by: Smith JL, Campbell BJ, Hanson TE, Zhang CL, Cary SC. Nautilia profundicola sp. nov., a thermophilic, sulfur-reducing epsilonproteobacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1598-1602. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 785961