Name: Tepidimonas aquatica Freitas et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qu.a’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. aquatica, living in water

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-469; CCUG 34595; CCUG 48750; CLN-1; DSM 14833

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY324139 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Freitas M, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, Silvestre AJ, da Costa MS. Tepidimonas aquatica sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic beta-proteobacterium isolated from a hot water tank. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:376-381.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 94. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1701-1702.

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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Tepidimonas Moreira et al. 2000

Assigned by: Freitas M, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, Silvestre AJ, da Costa MS. Tepidimonas aquatica sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic beta-proteobacterium isolated from a hot water tank. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:376-381.

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Record number: 782412