Name: Sulfurihydrogenibium kristjanssonii Flores et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: krist.jans.son’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kristjanssonii, of Kristjansson, in honour of Jakob Kristjansson for his long-term commitment to the description and exploration of thermophile biodiversity in Iceland, which includes some of the first work done on the Aquificales

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1535; DSM 19534; I6628; OCM 901

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16S rRNA gene: AM778960 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Flores GE, Liu Y, Ferrera I, Beveridge TJ, Reysenbach AL. Sulfurihydrogenibium kristjanssonii sp. nov., a hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing thermophile isolated from a terrestrial Icelandic hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1153-1158.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1783-1784.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Sulfurihydrogenibium Takai et al. 2003

Assigned by: Flores GE, Liu Y, Ferrera I, Beveridge TJ, Reysenbach AL. Sulfurihydrogenibium kristjanssonii sp. nov., a hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing thermophile isolated from a terrestrial Icelandic hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1153-1158.

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Record number: 786624