Name: Meiothermus granaticius Albuquerque et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gra.na.ti’ci.us L. masc. adj. granaticius, pertaining to pomegranate and to the ruby red color of the pomegranate grains

Type strains: AF-68; DSM 23260; LMG 25524

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU584097 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Albuquerque L, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Meiothermus granaticius sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic red-pigmented species from the Azores. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:243-246.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 135. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1985-1986.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Meiothermus Nobre et al. 1996

Assigned by: Albuquerque L, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Meiothermus granaticius sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic red-pigmented species from the Azores. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:243-246.

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