Name: Pyrobaculum igneiluti Lee et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … i-n͡gne-i-LU-ti, 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. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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