Name: Tepidiphilus thermophilus Poddar et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.lus. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; Gr. masc. adj. philos, friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. thermophilus, heat-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 27220; JCM 19170; JHK30; LMG 27587

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM543264 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: 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.

IJSEM list: 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Tepidiphilus Manaia et al. 2003

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 791469