Name: Vulcanisaeta thermophila Yim et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.la. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermophila, heat-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2415; CBA1501; JCM 17228

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM594677 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yim KJ, Cha IT, Rhee JK, Song HS, Hyun DW, Lee HW, Kim D, Kim KN, Nam YD, Seo MJ, et al. Vulcanisaeta thermophila sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic and acidophilic crenarchaeon isolated from solfataric soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:201-205.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1112-1113.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Vulcanisaeta Itoh et al. 2002

Assigned by: Yim KJ, Cha IT, Rhee JK, Song HS, Hyun DW, Lee HW, Kim D, Kim KN, Nam YD, Seo MJ, et al. Vulcanisaeta thermophila sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic and acidophilic crenarchaeon isolated from solfataric soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:201-205.

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Record number: 792447