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.
  • 🎓 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