Name: Desulfomicrobium thermophilum Thevenieau et al. 2007

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: CCUG 49732; DSM 16697; P6-2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY464939 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Thevenieau F, Fardeau ML, Ollivier B, Joulian C, Baena S. Desulfomicrobium thermophilum sp. nov., a novel thermophilic sulphate-reducing bacterium isolated from a terrestrial hot spring in Colombia. Extremophiles 2007; 11:295-303.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 118. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2449-2450.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thermodesulfomicrobium thermophilum (Thevenieau et al. 2007) Galushko and Kuever 2021

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermodesulfomicrobium thermophilum (Thevenieau et al. 2007) Galushko and Kuever 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Desulfomicrobium thermophilum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Desulfomicrobium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfomicrobium Rozanova et al. 1994

Assigned by: Thevenieau F, Fardeau ML, Ollivier B, Joulian C, Baena S. Desulfomicrobium thermophilum sp. nov., a novel thermophilic sulphate-reducing bacterium isolated from a terrestrial hot spring in Colombia. Extremophiles 2007; 11:295-303.

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Record number: 786871