Name: Jhaorihella thermophila Rekha et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friend loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermophila, heat-loving

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

Type strain: CCM 7767; CC-MHSW-1; DSM 23413; JCM 15068

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU287912 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rekha PD, Young CC, Kampfer P, Martin K, Arun AB, Chen WM, Lai WA, Chao JH, Shen FT. Jhaorihella thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a coastal hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1544-1548.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2331-2332.

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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Jhaorihella Rekha et al. 2011. Publication: Rekha PD, Young CC, Kampfer P, Martin K, Arun AB, Chen WM, Lai WA, Chao JH, Shen FT. Jhaorihella thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a coastal hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1544-1548.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Jhaorihella Rekha et al. 2011

Assigned by: Rekha PD, Young CC, Kampfer P, Martin K, Arun AB, Chen WM, Lai WA, Chao JH, Shen FT. Jhaorihella thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a coastal hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1544-1548.

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