Name: Meiothermus luteus Habib et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu’te.us. L. masc. adj. luteus, orange, reflecting the colour of colonies

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2017100; KCTC 52599; YIM 72257

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY608080 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Habib N, Khan IU, Hussain F, Zhou EM, Xiao M, Dong L, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Meiothermus luteus sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2910-2914.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Meiothermus Nobre et al. 1996

Assigned by: Habib N, Khan IU, Hussain F, Zhou EM, Xiao M, Dong L, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Meiothermus luteus sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2910-2914.

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Record number: 795706