Name: Calidithermus terrae (Yu et al. 2014) Raposo et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Meiothermus terrae Yu et al. 2014

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of soil

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2012942; DSM 26712; YIM 77755

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF499019 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Raposo P, Viver T, Albuquerque L, Froufe H, Barroso C, Egas C, Rossello-Mora R, da Costa MS. Transfer of Meiothermus chliarophilus (Tenreiro et al.1995) Nobre et al. 1996, Meiothermus roseus Ming et al. 2016, Meiothermus terrae Yu et al. 2014 and Meiothermus timidus Pires et al. 2005, to Calidithermus gen. nov., as Calidithermus chliarophilus comb. nov., Calidithermus roseus comb. nov., Calidithermus terrae comb. nov. and Calidithermus timidus comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genus Meiothermus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1060-1069.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1847-1849.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Meiothermus terrae Yu et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Calidithermus Raposo et al. 2019

Assigned by: Raposo P, Viver T, Albuquerque L, Froufe H, Barroso C, Egas C, Rossello-Mora R, da Costa MS. Transfer of Meiothermus chliarophilus (Tenreiro et al.1995) Nobre et al. 1996, Meiothermus roseus Ming et al. 2016, Meiothermus terrae Yu et al. 2014 and Meiothermus timidus Pires et al. 2005, to Calidithermus gen. nov., as Calidithermus chliarophilus comb. nov., Calidithermus roseus comb. nov., Calidithermus terrae comb. nov. and Calidithermus timidus comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genus Meiothermus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1060-1069.

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Record number: 801392