WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Ignicoccus Huber, Burggraf, Mayer, Wyschkony, Rachel & Stetter, 2000

AphiaID

559448 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:559448)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Desulfurococcaceae (Zillig, Stetter, Prangishvilli, Schafer, Wunderl, Janekovic, Holz &Palm, 1983) emend. Burggraf, Huber & Stetter, 1997

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Species Ignicoccus hospitalis Paper, Jahn, Hohn, Kronner, Nather, Burghardt, Rachel, Stetter & Huber, 2007
Species Ignicoccus islandicus Huber, Burggraf, Mayer, Wyschkony, Rachel & Stetter, 2000
Species Ignicoccus pacificus Huber, Burggraf, Mayer, Wyschkony, Rachel & Stetter, 2000

Environment

marine

Original description

Huber, H., Burggraf, S., Mayer, T., Wyschkony, I., Rachel, R., and Stetter, K.O. "Ignicoccus gen. nov., a novel genus of hyperthermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic Archaea, represented by two new species, Ignicoccus islandicus sp. nov. and Ignicoccus pacificus sp. nov." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2000) 50:2093-2100. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Ignicoccus Huber, Burggraf, Mayer, Wyschkony, Rachel & Stetter, 2000. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559448 on 2025-03-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-02-11 13:31:24Z

created

Trias Verbeeck, Aina

2011-02-14 08:54:44Z

changed

Trias Verbeeck, Aina

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Nomenclature

original description Huber, H., Burggraf, S., Mayer, T., Wyschkony, I., Rachel, R., and Stetter, K.O. "Ignicoccus gen. nov., a novel genus of hyperthermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic Archaea, represented by two new species, Ignicoccus islandicus sp. nov. and Ignicoccus pacificus sp. nov." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2000) 50:2093-2100. [details]