Ammonifex

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

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Ammonifex Huber and Stetter 1996, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ammonifex degensii Huber and Stetter 1996.
Etymology: N.L. n. ammonium, ammonium; L. suff. -fex (from L. v. facere, to make), maker; N.L. masc. n. Ammonifex, the ammonium-maker.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 58. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 836-837. [HUBER (H.), ROSSNAGEL (P.), WOESE (C.R.), RACHEL (R.), LANGWORTHY (T.A.) and STETTER (K.O.): Formation of ammonium from nitrate during chemolithoautotrophic growth of the extremely thermophilic bacterium Ammonifex degensii gen. nov. sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1996, 19, 40-49.]
Validation List N° 58 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

---> Ammonifex Huber and Stetter 1996 emend. Miroshnichenko et al. 2008.
Type species: ¤ Ammonifex degensii Huber and Stetter 1996.
Etymology: N.L. n. ammonium, ammonium; L. suff. -fex (from L. v. facere, to make), maker; N.L. masc. n. Ammonifex, the ammonium-maker.
Reference: MIROSHNICHENKO (M.L.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.), CHERNYCH (N.) and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.): Ammonifex thiophilus sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic anaerobic bacterium from a Kamchatka hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2935-2938.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Ammonifex degensii Huber and Stetter 1996, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain KC4 = DSM 10501.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: CP001785 (complete genome).
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. degensii, of Degens, honoring Egon T. Degens.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 58. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 836-837. [HUBER (H.), ROSSNAGEL (P.), WOESE (C.R.), RACHEL (R.), LANGWORTHY (T.A.) and STETTER (K.O.): Formation of ammonium from nitrate during chemolithoautotrophic growth of the extremely thermophilic bacterium Ammonifex degensii gen. nov. sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1996, 19, 40-49.]
Validation List N° 58 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Ammonifex thiophilus Miroshnichenko et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain SR = DSM 19636 = VKM B-2461.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF554597.
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. thiophilus, sulfur-loving.
Reference: MIROSHNICHENKO (M.L.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.), CHERNYCH (N.) and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.): Ammonifex thiophilus sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic anaerobic bacterium from a Kamchatka hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2935-2938.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The epithet thiophilus is a "N.L. masc. adj.", not a "N.L. neut. adj." as cited in the paper by Miroshnichenko et al. 2008.