Name: Anaerolinea thermophila Sekiguchi et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on; N.L. fem. adj. thermophila, heat-loving

Type strains: DSM 14523; JCM 11388; NBRC 100420; UNI-1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene accession number: AB046413

Valid publication: Sekiguchi Y, Yamada T, Hanada S, Ohashi A, Harada H, Kamagata Y. Anaerolinea thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Caldilinea aerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., novel filamentous thermophiles that represent a previously uncultured lineage of the domain Bacteria at the subphylum level. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1843-1851.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Anaerolinea Sekiguchi et al. 2003. Publication: Sekiguchi Y, Yamada T, Hanada S, Ohashi A, Harada H, Kamagata Y. Anaerolinea thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Caldilinea aerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., novel filamentous thermophiles that represent a previously uncultured lineage of the domain Bacteria at the subphylum level. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1843-1851.
  • The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018).
  • In the paper by Sekiguchi et al. 2003, the type strain is erroneously cited as strain UNI-1 = DSM 14523 = JCM 11387 (sic).
  • In the paper by Sekiguchi et al. 2003, the type strain is erroneously cited as strain UNI-1 DSM 14523 JCM 11387 (sic).
  • See also {2} Erratum on IJSEM Online.

Parent taxon: Anaerolinea Sekiguchi et al. 2003

Assigned by: Sekiguchi Y, Yamada T, Hanada S, Ohashi A, Harada H, Kamagata Y. Anaerolinea thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Caldilinea aerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., novel filamentous thermophiles that represent a previously uncultured lineage of the domain Bacteria at the subphylum level. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1843-1851.

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