Name: Tepidimonas thermarum Albuquerque et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.ma’rum. L. gen. fem. n. thermae, public baths; L. gen. fem. pl. n. thermarum, of public baths, because the organism was isolated from the Elisenquelle spa in Aachen, Germany

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AA-1; CIP 108777; LMG 23094

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM042693 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Albuquerque L, Tiago I, Verissimo A, da Costa MS. Tepidimonas thermarum sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic betaproteobacterium isolated from the Elisenquelle in Aachen and emended description of the genus Tepidimonas. Syst Appl Microbiol 2006; 29:450-456.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 113. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Tepidimonas Moreira et al. 2000

Assigned by: Albuquerque L, Tiago I, Verissimo A, da Costa MS. Tepidimonas thermarum sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic betaproteobacterium isolated from the Elisenquelle in Aachen and emended description of the genus Tepidimonas. Syst Appl Microbiol 2006; 29:450-456.

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Record number: 785880