Name: Pyrodictium brockii Stetter et al. 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: brock’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. brockii, of Brock, named for T. D. Brock for his pioneering work on the extreme thermophiles

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 2708; JCM 9392; NBRC 100437; Strain S 1

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16S rRNA gene: KC139250 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Stetter KO, Konig H, Stackebrandt E. Pyrodictium gen. nov., a New Genus of Submarine Disc-Shaped Sulphur Reducing Archaebacteria Growing Optimally at 105 degrees C. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:535-551.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 14. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:270-271.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pyrodictium Stetter et al. 1984

Assigned by: Stetter KO, Konig H, Stackebrandt E. Pyrodictium gen. nov., a New Genus of Submarine Disc-Shaped Sulphur Reducing Archaebacteria Growing Optimally at 105 degrees C. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:535-551.

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