Species Tepidimonas thermarum

Name: Tepidimonas thermarum Albuquerque et al. 2007

Category, proposed as: species, 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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: te-pi-DI-mo-nas t^her-MA-rum, feminine

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

See detailed strain information at

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2 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: 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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