Name: Pyrodictium delaneyi Lin et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.la’ney.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. delaneyi, named for Dr John R. Delaney, co-discoverer of the Endeavour Segment hydrothermal vent field, co-founder of the RIDGE hydrothermal vent programme, early advocate for the use of astrobiology and cabled ocean observatories

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2559; DSM 28599; Su06

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16S rRNA gene: KC145154 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lin TJ, El Sebae G, Jung JH, Jung DH, Park CS, Holden JF. Pyrodictium delaneyi sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic autotrophic archaeon that reduces Fe(III) oxide and nitrate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3372-3376.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4921-4923.

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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Pyrodictium Stetter et al. 1984

Assigned by: Lin TJ, El Sebae G, Jung JH, Jung DH, Park CS, Holden JF. Pyrodictium delaneyi sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic autotrophic archaeon that reduces Fe(III) oxide and nitrate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3372-3376.

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Record number: 794527