Name: Vulcanibacillus modesticaldus L'Haridon et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo.des’ti.cal.dus. L. masc. adj. modestus, moderate; L. masc. adj. caldus, warm, hot; N.L. masc. adj. modesticaldus, moderately hot

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BR; DSM 14931; JCM 12998

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM050346 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: L'Haridon S, Miroshnichenko ML, Kostrikina NA, Tindall BJ, Spring S, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Jeanthon C. Vulcanibacillus modesticaldus gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, nitrate-reducing bacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1047-1053.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1719-1720.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Vulcanibacillus L'Haridon et al. 2006. Publication: L'Haridon S, Miroshnichenko ML, Kostrikina NA, Tindall BJ, Spring S, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Jeanthon C. Vulcanibacillus modesticaldus gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, nitrate-reducing bacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1047-1053.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Vulcanibacillus L'Haridon et al. 2006

Assigned by: L'Haridon S, Miroshnichenko ML, Kostrikina NA, Tindall BJ, Spring S, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Jeanthon C. Vulcanibacillus modesticaldus gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, nitrate-reducing bacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1047-1053.

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