Name: Elioraea thermophila Habib et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermophila, heat loving

Pronunciation, gender: t^her-MO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2017169; KCTC 62323; YIM 72297

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK430565 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Habib N, Khan IU, Xiao M, Hejazi MS, Tarhriz V, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Elioraea thermophila sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium from hot spring of the class Alphaproteobacteria, emended description of the genus Elioraea and proposal of Elioraeaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1300-1306.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2967-2971.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Elioraea thermophila" Thiel et al. 2016.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Elioraea Albuquerque et al. 2008

Assigned by: Habib N, Khan IU, Xiao M, Hejazi MS, Tarhriz V, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Elioraea thermophila sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium from hot spring of the class Alphaproteobacteria, emended description of the genus Elioraea and proposal of Elioraeaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1300-1306.

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Record number: 5689