Species Tepidimonas arfidensis

Name: Tepidimonas arfidensis Ko et al. 2026

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.fi.den’sis. N.L. fem. adj. arfidensis, is derived from the research foundation, Asian Pacific Research Foundation for Infectious Diseases (ARFID), where this bacterium was firstly characterized

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: te-pi-DI-mo-nas ar-fi-DEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ABB 301; JCM 13232; KCTC 12412; SMC-6271

16S rRNA gene: AB206468 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ko KS, Lee NY, Oh WS, Lee JH, Ki HK, Peck KR, Song JH. Tepidimonas arfidensis Sp. Nov., a Novel Gram-negative and thermophilic bacterium isolated from the bone marrow of a patient with leukemia in Korea. Microbiol Immunol 2005; 49:785-788. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 230. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7224.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-08-13.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Tepidimonas Moreira et al. 2000

Assigned by: Ko KS, Lee NY, Oh WS, Lee JH, Ki HK, Peck KR, Song JH. Tepidimonas arfidensis Sp. Nov., a Novel Gram-negative and thermophilic bacterium isolated from the bone marrow of a patient with leukemia in Korea. Microbiol Immunol 2005; 49:785-788. 🇰🇷

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