Name: Meiothermus cerbereus Chung et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cer.be.re’us. N.L. masc. adj. cerbereus, the monstrous dog Cerberus that guarded the mythological Greek Hades, so named because of the difficultywe had in growing the strains of this species in liquid medium

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-io-T^HER-mus ker-be-RE-us, masculine

Type strain: BCRC 17421; DSM 11376; GY-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y13594 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chung AP, Rainey F, Nobre MF, Burghardt J, da Costa MS. Meiothermus cerbereus sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic species with high levels of 3-hydroxy fatty acids. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1225-1230. 🇵🇹

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Meiothermus Nobre et al. 1996

Assigned by: Chung AP, Rainey F, Nobre MF, Burghardt J, da Costa MS. Meiothermus cerbereus sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic species with high levels of 3-hydroxy fatty acids. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1225-1230. 🇵🇹

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Record number: 777750