Name: Meiothermus terrae Yu et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the soil

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2012942; DSM 26712; YIM 77755

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF499019 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yu TT, Yin YR, Zhang YG, Yao JC, Klenk HP, Wang HF, Ming H, Zhou EM, Li WJ. Meiothermus terrae sp. nov., isolated from a geothermally heated soil sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:794-798.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1827-1829.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Calidithermus terrae (Yu et al. 2014) Raposo et al. 2019

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Calidithermus terrae (Yu et al. 2014) Raposo et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Meiothermus terrae 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 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: Yu TT, Yin YR, Zhang YG, Yao JC, Klenk HP, Wang HF, Ming H, Zhou EM, Li WJ. Meiothermus terrae sp. nov., isolated from a geothermally heated soil sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:794-798.

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Record number: 791628