Name: Caldimonas thermodepolymerans (Elbanna et al. 2003) Liu et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Schlegelella thermodepolymerans Elbanna et al. 2003

Etymology: ther.mo.de.po.ly’me.rans. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. inf. v. depolymerare, to depolymerize; N.L. fem. part. adj. thermodepolymerans, depolymerizing in the heat, referring to the ability to degrade poly(3-hydroxy-butyrate) at high temperatures

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 50333; DSM 15344; K14; LMG 21644; VTT E-072690

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY152824 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liu Y, Du J, Pei T, Du H, Feng GD, Zhu H. Genome-based taxonomic classification of the closest-to-Comamonadaceae group supports a new family Sphaerotilaceae fam. nov. and taxonomic revisions. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126352. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Caenibacterium thermophilum Manaia et al. 2003	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Schlegelella thermodepolymerans Elbanna et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Lütke-Eversloh et al. (2004), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Caenibacterium thermophilum Manaia et al. 2003. Publication: Lutke-Eversloh T, Elbanna K, Cnockaert MC, Mergaert J, Swings J, Manaia CM, Steinbuchel A. Caenibacterium thermophilum is a later synonym of Schlegelella thermodepolymerans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1933-1935. 🇩🇪
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Caldimonas Takeda et al. 2002

Assigned by: Liu Y, Du J, Pei T, Du H, Feng GD, Zhu H. Genome-based taxonomic classification of the closest-to-Comamonadaceae group supports a new family Sphaerotilaceae fam. nov. and taxonomic revisions. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126352. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 36210