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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … te-pi-DI-p^hi-la, feminine

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

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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. — 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 2025-06-04.

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