Name: Schleiferia thermophila Albuquerque et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermophila, heat-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21410; LMG 24594; TU-20

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ172900 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Albuquerque L, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Schleiferia thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic bacterium of the phylum 'Bacteroidetes' and the proposal of Schleiferiaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2450-2455.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Schleiferia Albuquerque et al. 2011. Publication: Albuquerque L, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Schleiferia thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic bacterium of the phylum 'Bacteroidetes' and the proposal of Schleiferiaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2450-2455.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 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: Schleiferia Albuquerque et al. 2011

Assigned by: Albuquerque L, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Schleiferia thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic bacterium of the phylum 'Bacteroidetes' and the proposal of Schleiferiaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2450-2455.

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Record number: 789514