Name: Phorcysia thermohydrogeniphila Pérez-Rodríguez et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.hy.dro.ge.ni.phi.la. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. neut. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermohydrogeniphila, heat- and hydrogen-liking, referring to its ability to grow lithotrophically on H2 at elevated temperature

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 24425; HB-8; JCM 17384

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16S rRNA gene: HQ336972 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Perez-Rodriguez I, Grosche A, Massenburg L, Starovoytov V, Lutz RA, Vetriani C. Phorcysia thermohydrogeniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2388-2394.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:6-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Phorcysia Pérez-Rodríguez et al. 2012. Publication: Perez-Rodriguez I, Grosche A, Massenburg L, Starovoytov V, Lutz RA, Vetriani C. Phorcysia thermohydrogeniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2388-2394.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Phorcysia Pérez-Rodríguez et al. 2012

Assigned by: Perez-Rodriguez I, Grosche A, Massenburg L, Starovoytov V, Lutz RA, Vetriani C. Phorcysia thermohydrogeniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2388-2394.

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Record number: 790207