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Name: Pyrodictium occultum Stetter et al. 1984
Etymology: oc.cul’tum. L. neut. part. adj. occultum, hidden, concealed, secret, indicating the invisibility of the network in the phase-contrast microscope
Type strain: DSM 2709; JCM 9393; NBRC 100438; PL-19
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16S rRNA gene: M21087 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
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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