Name: Pyrobaculum igneiluti Lee et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ig.ne.i.lu’ti. L. masc. adj. igneus, fiery; L. neut. n. lutum, mud; N.L. gen. neut. n. igneiluti, of fiery mud

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 521; ATCC TSD-56; DSM 103086

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16S rRNA gene: KU720559 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee JY, Iglesias B, Chu CE, Lawrence DJP, Crane EJI. Pyrobaculum igneiluti sp. nov., a novel anaerobic hyperthermophilic archaeon that reduces thiosulfate and ferric iron. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1714-1719.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3137-3139.

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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pyrobaculum Huber et al. 1988

Assigned by: Lee JY, Iglesias B, Chu CE, Lawrence DJP, Crane EJI. Pyrobaculum igneiluti sp. nov., a novel anaerobic hyperthermophilic archaeon that reduces thiosulfate and ferric iron. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1714-1719.

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Record number: 795392