Nanopusillus acidilobi gen. nov. sp. nov.
Submitted by St. John, Emily
Genus Nanopusillus
- Etymology
- [Na.no.pu.sil'lus] Gr. masc. n. nanos, a dwarf; L. masc. adj. pusillus, very small; N.L. masc. n. Nanopusillus, a very small member of the Nanoarchaeota
- Nomenclatural type
- Species Nanopusillus acidilobiTs
- Description
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Wurch et al., 2016: "Locality. Cistern Spring pool (water and sediment slurry), in the Norris Geyser basin of YNP (latitude: 44.723; longitude: 110.70400). Diagnosis. coccoid cells, 100–300 nm in diameter, obligate ectosymbionts/parasites on the surface of the thermoacidophilic crenarchaeote Acidilobus. Occasional free cells can be observed in the co-culture but their viability is unknown. Optimum growth is in co-culture with its host at 82 C and pH 3.6. First isolated from Cistern Spring, a hot acidic spring in YNP. On the basis of single-cell genomics and metagenomic data, related strains or species that may use other Crenarchaeota as hosts are present in other acidic hot springs in YNP, at pH 2–6"
- Classification
- Archaea » Nanobdellota » Nanobdellia » Nanobdellales » Nanobdellaceae » Nanopusillus
- References
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Effective publication:
Wurch et al., 2016 [1]
- Registry URL
- https://seqco.de/i:55881
Species Nanopusillus acidilobiTs
- Etymology
- [a.ci.di.lo'bi] N.L. gen. n. acidilobi, of acidilobus, growth dependent on Acidilobus
- Nomenclatural type
- NCBI Assembly: GCA_001552015.1 Ts
- Description
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Wurch et al., 2016: "Locality. Cistern Spring pool (water and sediment slurry), in the Norris Geyser basin of YNP (latitude: 44.723; longitude: 110.70400). Diagnosis. coccoid cells, 100–300 nm in diameter, obligate ectosymbionts/parasites on the surface of the thermoacidophilic crenarchaeote Acidilobus. Occasional free cells can be observed in the co-culture but their viability is unknown. Optimum growth is in co-culture with its host at 82 C and pH 3.6. First isolated from Cistern Spring, a hot acidic spring in YNP. On the basis of single-cell genomics and metagenomic data, related strains or species that may use other Crenarchaeota as hosts are present in other acidic hot springs in YNP, at pH 2–6"
- Classification
- Archaea » Nanobdellota » Nanobdellia » Nanobdellales » Nanobdellaceae » Nanopusillus » Nanopusillus acidilobiTs
- References
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Effective publication:
Wurch et al., 2016 [1]
- Registry URL
- https://seqco.de/i:41509
References
- Wurch et al. (2016). Genomics-informed isolation and characterization of a symbiotic Nanoarchaeota system from a terrestrial geothermal environment. Nature Communications. DOI:10.1038/ncomms12115
Register List Certificate of Validation
On behalf of the Committee on the Systematics of Prokaryotes Described from Sequence Data (SeqCode Committee), we hereby certify that the Register List seqco.de/r:33hdbh80 submitted by St. John, Emily and including 2 new names has been successfully validated.
Date of Priority:
2026-03-13 09:06 UTC
DOI: 10.57973/seqcode.r:33hdbh80
