Hippea

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

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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").

Hippea Miroshnichenko et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Hippea maritima Miroshnichenko et al. 1999.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Hippea, named after Hans Hippe, a German microbiologist, in recognition of his significant contribution to the characterization of new, obligately anaerobic procaryotes and the understanding of their physiology.
Reference: MIROSHNICHENKO (M.L.), RAINEY (F.A.), RHODE (M.) and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.): Hippea maritima gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of thermophilic, sulfur-reducing bacterium from submarine hot vents. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol, 1999, 49, 1033-1038.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Hippea maritima Miroshnichenko et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MH₂ = ATCC 700847 = DSM 10411.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y18292, CP002606 (complete genome).
Etymology: L. fem. adj. maritima, of the sea, marine; i.e. inhabiting marine environments.
Reference: MIROSHNICHENKO (M.L.), RAINEY (F.A.), RHODE (M.) and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.): Hippea maritima gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of thermophilic, sulfur-reducing bacterium from submarine hot vents. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol, 1999, 49, 1033-1038.
Original article in IJSEM Online