Name: "Vulcanisaeta moutnovskia" Gumerov et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mout.nov.ski.a. N.L. fem. adj. moutnovskia, isolated from the solfataric field close to Moutnovsky volcano in Kamchatka, Russia

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 768-28

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP002529 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Gumerov VM, Mardanov AV, Beletsky AV, Prokofeva MI, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Ravin NV, Skryabin KG. Complete genome sequence of "Vulcanisaeta moutnovskia" strain 768-28, a novel member of the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeal genus Vulcanisaeta. J Bacteriol 2011; 193:2355-2356.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 According to E. Bonch-Osmolovskaya , _Vulcanisaeta moutnovskia" turned to be a mixture of Vulcanisaeta and Thermoproteus, and, in spite of 10 years of attempts, the authors were not able to obtain it in a pure culture. Publication: Chernyh NA, Neukirchen S, Frolov EN, Sousa FL, Miroshnichenko ML, Merkel AY, Pimenov NV, Sorokin DY, Ciordia S, Mena MC, et al. Dissimilatory sulfate reduction in the archaeon 'Candidatus Vulcanisaeta moutnovskia' sheds light on the evolution of sulfur metabolism. Nat Microbiol 2020; 5:1428-1438.

Parent taxon: Vulcanisaeta Itoh et al. 2002

Assigned by: Gumerov VM, Mardanov AV, Beletsky AV, Prokofeva MI, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Ravin NV, Skryabin KG. Complete genome sequence of "Vulcanisaeta moutnovskia" strain 768-28, a novel member of the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeal genus Vulcanisaeta. J Bacteriol 2011; 193:2355-2356.

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