Name: Anaerolinea thermophila Sekiguchi et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB046413 Analyse FASTA

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.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:309-311.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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 risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 See also Erratum on IJSEM Online. Publication: Yamada T, Sekiguchi Y, Hanada S, Imachi H, Ohashi A, Harada H, Kamagata Y. Anaerolinea thermolimosa sp. nov., Levilinea saccharolytica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Leptolinea tardivitalis gen. nov., sp. nov., novel filamentous anaerobes, and description of the new classes Anaerolineae classis nov. and Caldilineae classis nov. in the bacterial phylum Chloroflexi. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1331-1340.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Sekiguchi et al. 2003, the type strain is erroneously cited as strain UNI-1 = DSM 14523 = JCM 11387 (sic). — Kudo T. Personal communication, 2003-12-19. — 🧍 In the paper by Sekiguchi et al. 2003, the type strain is erroneously cited as strain UNI-1 DSM 14523 JCM 11387 (sic). — Kudo T. Personal communication, 2003-12-19.

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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