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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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