Genus Tepidimicrobium
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Tepidimicrobium Slobodkin et al. 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Tepidimicrobium ferriphilum Slobodkin et al. 2006.
Etymology: L. adj. tepidus, moderately warm; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Tepidimicrobium, a microbe from a hot spring.
Valid publication: SLOBODKIN (A.I.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.), LYSENKO (A.M.), GERMAN (K.E.), BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.) and BIRKELAND (N.K.): Tepidimicrobium ferriphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, Fe(III)-reducing bacterium of the order Clostridiales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 369-372.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Tepidimicrobium Slobodkin et al. 2006 emend. Niu et al. 2009.
Valid publication: NIU (L.), SONG (L.), LIU (X.) and DONG (X.): Tepidimicrobium xylanilyticum sp. nov., an anaerobic xylanolytic bacterium, and emended description of the genus Tepidimicrobium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2698-2701.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Tepidimicrobium ferriphilum Slobodkin et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SB91 = DSM 16624 = VKM B-2348.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY656718.
Etymology: L. n. ferrum, iron; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. ferriphilum, iron-loving.
Valid publication: SLOBODKIN (A.I.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.), LYSENKO (A.M.), GERMAN (K.E.), BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.) and BIRKELAND (N.K.): Tepidimicrobium ferriphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, Fe(III)-reducing bacterium of the order Clostridiales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 369-372.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Tepidimicrobium xylanilyticum Niu et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PML14 = CGMCC 1.5080 = JCM 15035.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF522948.
Etymology: N.L. n. xylanum, xylan, a plant polymer; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um (from Gr. adj. lutikos -ê -on), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. neut. adj. xylanilyticum, xylan-dissolving.
Valid publication: NIU (L.), SONG (L.), LIU (X.) and DONG (X.): Tepidimicrobium xylanilyticum sp. nov., an anaerobic xylanolytic bacterium, and emended description of the genus Tepidimicrobium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2698-2701.
Original article in IJSEM Online