Name: Tepidiphilus margaritifer Manaia et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mar.ga.ri’ti.fer L. fem. n. margarita, pearl; L. masc. suff. -fer, carrying; N.L. masc. adj. margaritifer, pearl-carrying, referring to the nacre-like appearance of the colonies

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 15129; LMG 21637; N2-214

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ504663 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Manaia CM, Nogales B, Nunes OC. Tepidiphilus margaritifer gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a thermophilic aerobic digester. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1405-1410.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Poddar et al. 2014 Poddar A, Lepcha RT, Das SK. Taxonomic study of the genus Tepidiphilus: transfer of Petrobacter succinatimandens to the genus Tepidiphilus as Tepidiphilus succinatimandens comb. nov., emended description of the genus Tepidiphilus and description of Tepidiphilus thermophilus sp. nov., isolated from a terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:228-235. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1075-1076.
    Notes:
    • The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Tepidiphilus Manaia et al. 2003. Publication: Manaia CM, Nogales B, Nunes OC. Tepidiphilus margaritifer gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a thermophilic aerobic digester. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1405-1410.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Tepidiphilus Manaia et al. 2003

Assigned by: Manaia CM, Nogales B, Nunes OC. Tepidiphilus margaritifer gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a thermophilic aerobic digester. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1405-1410.

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Record number: 782415