Name: Meiothermus terrae Yu et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation, gender: TER-ra͡e, masculine

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

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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. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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