Name: Tepidimonas ignava Moreira et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i.gna’va. L. fem. adj. ignava, lazy, pertaining to the organism' s trait of not using sugars for growth

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: te-pi-DI-mo-nas i-N͡GNA-wa, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 17574; DSM 12034; SPS-1037

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF177943 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Moreira C, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Silva MT, da Costa MS. Tepidimonas ignava gen. nov., sp. nov., a new chemolithoheterotrophic and slightly thermophilic member of the beta-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:735-742. 🇵🇹

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tepidimonas Moreira et al. 2000. Publication: Moreira C, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Silva MT, da Costa MS. Tepidimonas ignava gen. nov., sp. nov., a new chemolithoheterotrophic and slightly thermophilic member of the beta-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:735-742. 🇵🇹
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Tepidimonas Moreira et al. 2000

Assigned by: Moreira C, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Silva MT, da Costa MS. Tepidimonas ignava gen. nov., sp. nov., a new chemolithoheterotrophic and slightly thermophilic member of the beta-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:735-742. 🇵🇹

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