Aquifex

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Aquifex

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Aquifex Huber and Stetter 1992, gen. nov. (Type genus of the order ¤ Aquificales Reysenbach 2002; type genus of the family ¤ Aquificaceae Reysenbach 2002).
Type species: ¤ Aquifex pyrophilus Huber and Stetter 1992.
Etymology: L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. suff. -fex from L. v. facio, to make; N.L. masc. n. Aquifex, the water maker.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 43. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 656-657. [HUBER (R.), WILHARM (T.), HUBER (D.), TRINCONE (A.), BURGGRAF (S.), KÖNIG (H.), RACHEL (R.), ROCKINGER (I.), FRICKE (H.) and STETTER (K.O.): Aquifex pyrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., represents a novel group of marine hyperthermophilic hydrogen-oxiding bacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1992, 15, 340-351.]
Validation List N° 43 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Note: The name Aquifex must be attributed to Huber and Stetter 1992 (in Huber, Wilharm, Huber, Trincone, Burggraf, König, Rachel, Rockinger, Fricke and Stetter 1992) not to Huber et al. 1992 as cited in Validation List n° 43.
Reference: HUBER (R.), STETTER (K.O.) and GARRITY (G.M.) (eds): Genus I. Aquifex Huber and Stetter 1992e, 656^VP (Effective publication: Huber and Stetter in Huber, Wilharm, Huber, Trincone, Burggraf, König, Rachel, Rockinger, Fricke and Stetter 1992b, 349). In: D.R. BOONE, R.W. CASTENHOLZ and G.M. GARRITY (eds): Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, pp. 360-362.

Aquifex pyrophilus Huber and Stetter 1992, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Kol5a = DSM 6858 = JCM 9492.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: M83548.
Etymology: Gr. neut. n. pur, fire; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. pyrophilus, fire loving.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 43. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 656-657. [HUBER (R.), WILHARM (T.), HUBER (D.), TRINCONE (A.), BURGGRAF (S.), KÖNIG (H.), RACHEL (R.), ROCKINGER (I.), FRICKE (H.) and STETTER (K.O.): Aquifex pyrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., represents a novel group of marine hyperthermophilic hydrogen-oxiding bacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1992, 15, 340-351.]
Validation List N° 43 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Note: The name Aquifex pyrophilus must be attributed to Huber and Stetter 1992 (in Huber, Wilharm, Huber, Trincone, Burggraf, König, Rachel, Rockinger, Fricke and Stetter 1992) not to Huber et al. 1992 as cited in Validation List n° 43.
Reference: HUBER (R.) and STETTER (K.O.): Genus I. Aquifex Huber and Stetter 1992e, 656^VP (Effective publication: Huber and Stetter in Huber, Wilharm, Huber, Trincone, Burggraf, König, Rachel, Rockinger, Fricke and Stetter 1992b, 349). In: D.R. BOONE, R.W. CASTENHOLZ and G.M. GARRITY (eds): Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, pp. 360-362.