Name: Tepidibacillus infernus Podosokorskaya et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.fer’nus. L. masc. adj. infernus, subsurface, referring to the origin of the type strain (can be noun or adjective)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … in-FER-nus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 28123; MBL-TLP; VKM B-2949

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU726543 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Podosokorskaya OA, Merkel AY, Gavrilov SN, Fedoseev I, Heerden EV, Cason ED, Novikov AA, Kolganova TV, Korzhenkov AA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, et al. Tepidibacillus infernus sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, selenate- and arsenate-respiring hydrolytic bacterium isolated from a gold mine, and emended description of the genus Tepidibacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3189-3194. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

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. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Tepidibacillus Slobodkina et al. 2014

Assigned by: Podosokorskaya OA, Merkel AY, Gavrilov SN, Fedoseev I, Heerden EV, Cason ED, Novikov AA, Kolganova TV, Korzhenkov AA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, et al. Tepidibacillus infernus sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, selenate- and arsenate-respiring hydrolytic bacterium isolated from a gold mine, and emended description of the genus Tepidibacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3189-3194. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 794391