Name: Nautilia abyssi Alain et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.bys’si. L. gen. fem. n. abyssi, of an abyss, of the great deep

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-BYS-si, feminine

Type strain: DSM 21157; JCM 15390; PH 1209

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM937002 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Alain K, Callac N, Guegan M, Lesongeur F, Crassous P, Cambon-Bonavita MA, Querellou J, Prieur D. Nautilia abyssi sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-reducing bacterium isolated from an East Pacific Rise hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1310-1315. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2131-2132.

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. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Nautilia Miroshnichenko et al. 2002

Assigned by: Alain K, Callac N, Guegan M, Lesongeur F, Crassous P, Cambon-Bonavita MA, Querellou J, Prieur D. Nautilia abyssi sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-reducing bacterium isolated from an East Pacific Rise hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1310-1315. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 787927