Name: Pyrobaculum oguniense Sako et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ogu.ni.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. oguniense, pertaining to Oguni-cho, which is the town of the Tuetate hot spring (a slightly alkaliphilic terrestrial hot spring in Oguni cho, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 13380; JCM 10595; TE7

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16S rRNA gene: AB087402 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sako Y, Nunoura T, Uchida A. Pyrobaculum oguniense sp. nov., a novel facultatively aerobic and hyperthermophilic archaeon growing at up to 97 degrees C. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:303-309.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

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 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pyrobaculum Huber et al. 1988

Assigned by: Sako Y, Nunoura T, Uchida A. Pyrobaculum oguniense sp. nov., a novel facultatively aerobic and hyperthermophilic archaeon growing at up to 97 degrees C. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:303-309.

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Record number: 780275