Name: Elioraea tepidiphila Albuquerque et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: te.pi.di.phi’la. L. masc. adj. tepidus, warm; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. tepidiphila, loving warmth

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 109115; DSM 17972; TU-7

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF519867 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Albuquerque L, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Elioraea tepidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic member of the Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:773-778.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Elioraea Albuquerque et al. 2008. Publication: Albuquerque L, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Elioraea tepidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic member of the Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:773-778.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Elioraea Albuquerque et al. 2008

Assigned by: Albuquerque L, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Elioraea tepidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic member of the Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:773-778.

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