Name: Thermus islandicus Bjornsdottir et al. 2009
Etymology: is.lan’di.cus. N.L. masc. adj. islandicus, from Iceland, pertaining to the location of its first isolation
Type strain: ATCC BAA-1677; DSM 21543; PRI 3838
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16S rRNA gene: EU753247 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Bjornsdottir SH, Petursdottir SK, Hreggvidsson GO, Skirnisdottir S, Hjorleifsdottir S, Arnfinnsson J, Kristjansson JK. Thermus islandicus sp. nov., a mixotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from the Torfajokull geothermal area. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2962-2966.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:473-474.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Thermus Brock and Freeze 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Bjornsdottir SH, Petursdottir SK, Hreggvidsson GO, Skirnisdottir S, Hjorleifsdottir S, Arnfinnsson J, Kristjansson JK. Thermus islandicus sp. nov., a mixotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from the Torfajokull geothermal area. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2962-2966.
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Record number: 788251