Name: Stetteria hydrogenophila Jochimsen et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro.ge.no’phi.la. N.L. neut. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); from Gr. neut. n. hydôr, water; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friend, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. hydrogenophila, like hydrogen since growth depends upon on hydrogen

Pronunciation, gender: hy-dro-ge-NO-p^hi-la, 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.
  • 😷 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 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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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