Name: Vulcanithermus mediatlanticus Miroshnichenko et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.di.at.lan’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. medius, middle; L. masc. adj. atlanticus, Atlantic; N.L. masc. adj. mediatlanticus, from the middle of the Atlantic

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 14978; JCM 11956; TR; VKM B-2292

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AJ507298 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Miroshnichenko ML, L'Haridon S, Nercessian O, Antipov AN, Kostrikina NA, Tindall BJ, Schumann P, Spring S, Stackebrandt E, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, et al. Vulcanithermus mediatlanticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Thermaceae from a deep-sea hot vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1143-1148.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Vulcanithermus Miroshnichenko et al. 2003. Publication: Miroshnichenko ML, L'Haridon S, Nercessian O, Antipov AN, Kostrikina NA, Tindall BJ, Schumann P, Spring S, Stackebrandt E, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, et al. Vulcanithermus mediatlanticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Thermaceae from a deep-sea hot vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1143-1148.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 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: Vulcanithermus Miroshnichenko et al. 2003

Assigned by: Miroshnichenko ML, L'Haridon S, Nercessian O, Antipov AN, Kostrikina NA, Tindall BJ, Schumann P, Spring S, Stackebrandt E, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, et al. Vulcanithermus mediatlanticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Thermaceae from a deep-sea hot vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1143-1148.

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Record number: 783071