Name: Chthonomonas calidirosea Lee et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.li.di.ro’se.a. L. masc. adj. calidus, warm, hot; L. adj. roseus -a -um, rose-coloured, rosy; N.L. fem. adj. calidirosea, hot and rosy

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 23976; ICMP 18418; T49

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM749780 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee KC, Dunfield PF, Morgan XC, Crowe MA, Houghton KM, Vyssotski M, Ryan JL, Lagutin K, McDonald IR, Stott MB. Chthonomonas calidirosea gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, pigmented, thermophilic micro-organism of a novel bacterial class, Chthonomonadetes classis nov., of the newly described phylum Armatimonadetes originally designated candidate division OP10. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2482-2490.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Chthonomonas Lee et al. 2011. Publication: Lee KC, Dunfield PF, Morgan XC, Crowe MA, Houghton KM, Vyssotski M, Ryan JL, Lagutin K, McDonald IR, Stott MB. Chthonomonas calidirosea gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, pigmented, thermophilic micro-organism of a novel bacterial class, Chthonomonadetes classis nov., of the newly described phylum Armatimonadetes originally designated candidate division OP10. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2482-2490.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Chthonomonas Lee et al. 2011

Assigned by: Lee KC, Dunfield PF, Morgan XC, Crowe MA, Houghton KM, Vyssotski M, Ryan JL, Lagutin K, McDonald IR, Stott MB. Chthonomonas calidirosea gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, pigmented, thermophilic micro-organism of a novel bacterial class, Chthonomonadetes classis nov., of the newly described phylum Armatimonadetes originally designated candidate division OP10. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2482-2490.

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