Name: Hyperthermus butylicus Zillig et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bu.ty.li.cus. N.L. masc. adj. butylicus, butylic, referring to the production of butanol

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700455; DSM 5456; JCM 9403

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16S rRNA gene: X99553 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zillig W, Holz I, Wunderl S. Hyperthermus butylicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic, anaerobic, peptide-fermenting, facultatively H2S-generating archaebacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:169-170.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Hyperthermus Zillig et al. 1991. Publication: Zillig W, Holz I, Wunderl S. Hyperthermus butylicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic, anaerobic, peptide-fermenting, facultatively H2S-generating archaebacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:169-170.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Hyperthermus Zillig et al. 1991

Assigned by: Zillig W, Holz I, Wunderl S. Hyperthermus butylicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic, anaerobic, peptide-fermenting, facultatively H2S-generating archaebacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:169-170.

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Record number: 776965