Name: Caldilinea aerophila Sekiguchi et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ae.ro’phi.la. Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friend, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. aerophila, air-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 14535; JCM 11387; STL-6-O1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB067647 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

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Caldilinea 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Sekiguchi et al. 2003, the type strain is erroneously cited as strain STL-6-O1 = DSM 14525 (sic) = JCM 11388 (sic). — Spring S. Personal communication, 2003-12-05. — 🧍 In the paper by Sekiguchi et al. 2003, the type strain is erroneously cited as strain STL-6-O1 DSM 14525 (sic) JCM 11388 (sic). — Spring S. Personal communication, 2003-12-05.

Parent taxon: Caldilinea 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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