Name: Pyrobaculum neutrophilum (Stetter and Zillig 1989) Chan et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thermoproteus neutrophilus Stetter and Zillig 1989

Etymology: neu.tro’phi.lum. L. adj. neuter -tra -trum, neither the one nor the other, neutral; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. philon, friend; N.L. neut. adj. neutrophilum, preferring neutral pH

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 2338; JCM 9278; NBRC 100436; V24Sta

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB009618 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chan PP, Cozen AE, Lowe TM. Reclassification of Thermoproteus neutrophilus Stetter and Zillig 1989 as Pyrobaculum neutrophilum comb. nov. based on phylogenetic analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:751-754.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermoproteus neutrophilus Stetter and Zillig 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Pyrobaculum Huber et al. 1988

Assigned by: Chan PP, Cozen AE, Lowe TM. Reclassification of Thermoproteus neutrophilus Stetter and Zillig 1989 as Pyrobaculum neutrophilum comb. nov. based on phylogenetic analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:751-754.

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Record number: 790474