Vulcanithermus

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

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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").

Vulcanithermus Miroshnichenko et al. 2003, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Vulcanithermus mediatlanticus Miroshnichenko et al. 2003.
Etymology: L. n. Vulcanus, the Roman god of fire; Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. n. Vulcanithermus, heat-loving organism, living in the vicinity of volcanic areas.
Reference: MIROSHNICHENKO (M.L.), L'HARIDON (S.), NERCESSIAN (O.), ANTIPOV (A.N.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.), TINDALL (B.J.), SCHUMANN (P.), SPRING (S.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.) and JEANTHON (C.): Vulcanithermus mediatlanticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Thermaceae from a deep-sea hot vent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1143-1148.

Original article in IJSEM Online

Vulcanithermus mediatlanticus Miroshnichenko et al. 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain TR = DSM 14978 = JCM 11956 = VKM B-2292.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ507298.
Etymology: L. adj. medius, middle; L. masc. adj. atlanticus, Atlantic; N.L. adj. mediatlanticus, from the middle of the Atlantic.
Reference: MIROSHNICHENKO (M.L.), L'HARIDON (S.), NERCESSIAN (O.), ANTIPOV (A.N.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.), TINDALL (B.J.), SCHUMANN (P.), SPRING (S.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.) and JEANTHON (C.): Vulcanithermus mediatlanticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Thermaceae from a deep-sea hot vent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1143-1148.
Original article in IJSEM Online