Name: "Chloracidobacterium thermophilum" Tank and Bryant 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.lum. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. neut. adj. thermophilum, heat-loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2647; B; JCM 30199

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP002514 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Tank M, Bryant DA. Chloracidobacterium thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov.: an anoxygenic microaerophilic chlorophotoheterotrophic acidobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1426-1430.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2343-2344.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum" Bryant et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Chloracidobacterium" Tank and Bryant 2015. Publication: Tank M, Bryant DA. Chloracidobacterium thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov.: an anoxygenic microaerophilic chlorophotoheterotrophic acidobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1426-1430.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🧍 Regarded as not validly published. At least one of the type-strain deposits is affected by an MTA issued by the Yellowstone National Park, and the recipient needs to obtain a prior written consent on use of the deposit from the depositor. — Oren A. Personal communication, 2021-08-31.

Parent taxon: "Chloracidobacterium" Tank and Bryant 2015

Assigned by: Tank M, Bryant DA. Chloracidobacterium thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov.: an anoxygenic microaerophilic chlorophotoheterotrophic acidobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1426-1430.

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Record number: 792790