Name: Symbiobacterium thermophilum Ohno et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.lum. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. neut. adj. thermophilum, heat-loving, referring to the optimum growth at a high temperature

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 24528; IAM 14863; JCM 14929; T

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AP006840 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ohno M, Shiratori H, Park MJ, Saitoh Y, Kumon Y, Yamashita N, Hirata A, Nishida H, Ueda K, Beppu T. Symbiobacterium thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a symbiotic thermophile that depends on co-culture with a Bacillus strain for growth. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1829-1832.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1955.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Symbiobacterium Ohno et al. 2000. Publication: Ohno M, Shiratori H, Park MJ, Saitoh Y, Kumon Y, Yamashita N, Hirata A, Nishida H, Ueda K, Beppu T. Symbiobacterium thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a symbiotic thermophile that depends on co-culture with a Bacillus strain for growth. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1829-1832.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 49 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Symbiobacterium Ohno et al. 2000

Assigned by: Ohno M, Shiratori H, Park MJ, Saitoh Y, Kumon Y, Yamashita N, Hirata A, Nishida H, Ueda K, Beppu T. Symbiobacterium thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a symbiotic thermophile that depends on co-culture with a Bacillus strain for growth. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1829-1832.

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Record number: 785038