Name: Thalassospira tepidiphila Kodama et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: te.pi.di.phi’la. L. masc. adj. tepidus, lukewarm; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. tepidiphila, lukewarm-loving, mesophilic

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 1-1B; DSM 18888; JCM 14578

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB265822 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kodama Y, Stiknowati LI, Ueki A, Ueki K, Watanabe K. Thalassospira tepidiphila sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:711-715.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1273-1274.

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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thalassospira López-López et al. 2002

Assigned by: Kodama Y, Stiknowati LI, Ueki A, Ueki K, Watanabe K. Thalassospira tepidiphila sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:711-715.

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Record number: 787235