Name: Georgenia thermotolerans Hamada et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.to’le.rans. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. thermotolerans, able to tolerate high temperatures

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21501; NBRC 104148; TT02-04

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB436534 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hamada M, Tamura T, Ishida Y, Suzuki K. Georgenia thermotolerans sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1875-1879.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2649-2650.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Georgenia Altenburger et al. 2002

Assigned by: Hamada M, Tamura T, Ishida Y, Suzuki K. Georgenia thermotolerans sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1875-1879.

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Record number: 788042