Name: Fontimonas thermophila Losey et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermophila, heat-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 59713; DSM 23609; HA-01

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN415769 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Losey NA, Stevenson BS, Verbarg S, Rudd S, Moore ER, Lawson PA. Fontimonas thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a freshwater hot spring, and proposal of Solimonadaceae fam. nov. to replace Sinobacteraceae Zhou et al. 2008. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:254-259.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1211-1213.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Fontimonas Losey et al. 2013. Publication: Losey NA, Stevenson BS, Verbarg S, Rudd S, Moore ER, Lawson PA. Fontimonas thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a freshwater hot spring, and proposal of Solimonadaceae fam. nov. to replace Sinobacteraceae Zhou et al. 2008. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:254-259.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Fontimonas Losey et al. 2013

Assigned by: Losey NA, Stevenson BS, Verbarg S, Rudd S, Moore ER, Lawson PA. Fontimonas thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a freshwater hot spring, and proposal of Solimonadaceae fam. nov. to replace Sinobacteraceae Zhou et al. 2008. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:254-259.

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Record number: 790382