Name: Pyrobaculum arsenaticum Huber et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.se.na.ti.cum. N.L. masc. n. arsenas (gen. arsenatis), arsenate; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. arsenaticum, pertaining to arsenate, able to respire arsenate

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700994; DSM 13514; JCM 11321; PZ6

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16S rRNA gene: AJ277124 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Huber R, Sacher M, Vollmann A, Huber H, Rose D. Respiration of arsenate and selenate by hyperthermophilic archaea. Syst Appl Microbiol 2000; 23:305-314.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 79. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:263-265.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13199 (N = 2).
  • 😷 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 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Pyrobaculum Huber et al. 1988

Assigned by: Huber R, Sacher M, Vollmann A, Huber H, Rose D. Respiration of arsenate and selenate by hyperthermophilic archaea. Syst Appl Microbiol 2000; 23:305-314.

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