Name: Stetteria hydrogenophila Jochimsen et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); from Gr. neut. n. [ὕδωρ] hydôr, water; from Gr. v. [γεννάω] gennaô, to produce; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friend, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. [φίλη] philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. hydrogenophila, like hydrogen since growth depends upon on hydrogen

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 4ABC; DSM 11227; JCM 10135

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16S rRNA gene: Y07784 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jochimsen B, Peinemann-Simon S, Volker H, Stuben D, Botz R, Stoffers P, Dando PR, Thomm M. Stetteria hydrogenophila, gen. nov. and sp. nov., a novel mixotrophic sulfur-dependent crenarchaeote isolated from Milos, Greece. Extremophiles 1997; 1:67-73.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 64. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:327-328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Stetteria Jochimsen et al. 1998. Publication: Jochimsen B, Peinemann-Simon S, Volker H, Stuben D, Botz R, Stoffers P, Dando PR, Thomm M. Stetteria hydrogenophila, gen. nov. and sp. nov., a novel mixotrophic sulfur-dependent crenarchaeote isolated from Milos, Greece. Extremophiles 1997; 1:67-73.
  • Complete authorship reads: Jochimsen, Peinemann-Simon and Thomm 1998 in Jochimsen, Peinemann-Simon, Völker, Stüben, Botz, Stoffers, Dando and Thomm 1997.

Parent taxon: Stetteria Jochimsen et al. 1998

Assigned by: Jochimsen B, Peinemann-Simon S, Volker H, Stuben D, Botz R, Stoffers P, Dando PR, Thomm M. Stetteria hydrogenophila, gen. nov. and sp. nov., a novel mixotrophic sulfur-dependent crenarchaeote isolated from Milos, Greece. Extremophiles 1997; 1:67-73.

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Record number: 781272