Name: Tepidicella xavieri França et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xa.vie’ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. xavieri, of Xavier, in honour of the Portuguese biochemist António V. Xavier

Pronunciation, gender: xa-WIE-ri, feminine

Type strain: CIP 108724; DSM 19605; LMG 23030; TU-16

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16S rRNA gene: DQ295805 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Franca L, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Tepidicella xavieri gen. nov., sp. nov., a betaproteobacterium isolated from a hot spring runoff. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:907-912.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tepidicella França et al. 2006. Publication: Franca L, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Tepidicella xavieri gen. nov., sp. nov., a betaproteobacterium isolated from a hot spring runoff. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:907-912.
  • 😷 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: Tepidicella França et al. 2006

Assigned by: Franca L, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Tepidicella xavieri gen. nov., sp. nov., a betaproteobacterium isolated from a hot spring runoff. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:907-912.

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Record number: 785051