Name: Meiothermus chliarophilus (Tenreiro et al. 1995) Nobre et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thermus chliarophilus Tenreiro et al. 1995

Etymology: chli.a.ro.phi.lus. Gr. masc. adj. chliaros, warm; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. chliarophilus, warmth loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ALT-8; ATCC 700543; BCRC 17113; DSM 9957; NCIMB 13439

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X84212 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nobre MF, Trüper HG, Da Costa MS. Transfer of Thermus ruber (Loginova et al. 1984), Thermus silvanus (Tenreiro et al. 1995), and Thermus chliarophilus (Tenreiro et al. 1995) to Meiothermus gen. nov. as Meiothermus ruber comb. nov., Meiothermus silvanus comb. nov., and Meiothermus chliarophilus comb. nov., respectively, and emendation of the genus Thermus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:604-606.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Calidithermus chliarophilus (Tenreiro et al. 1995) Raposo et al. 2019

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Calidithermus chliarophilus (Tenreiro et al. 1995) Raposo et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thermus chliarophilus Tenreiro et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Meiothermus chliarophilus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Meiothermus.
  • 😷 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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: Nobre MF, Trüper HG, Da Costa MS. Transfer of Thermus ruber (Loginova et al. 1984), Thermus silvanus (Tenreiro et al. 1995), and Thermus chliarophilus (Tenreiro et al. 1995) to Meiothermus gen. nov. as Meiothermus ruber comb. nov., Meiothermus silvanus comb. nov., and Meiothermus chliarophilus comb. nov., respectively, and emendation of the genus Thermus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:604-606.

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