Name: Thermobifida halotolerans Yang et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.to’le.rans. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. fem. part. adj. halotolerans, referring to the ability to tolerate high salt concentrations

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ha-lo-TO-le-rans, feminine

Type strain: DSM 44931; JCM 16012; KCTC 19123; YIM 90462

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU250489 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yang LL, Tang SK, Zhang YQ, Zhi XY, Wang D, Xu LH, Li WJ. Thermobifida halotolerans sp. nov., isolated from a salt mine sample, and emended description of the genus Thermobifida. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1821-1825. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2473-2474.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08439 (N = 10).
  • 😷 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 12 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thermobifida Zhang et al. 1998

Assigned by: Yang LL, Tang SK, Zhang YQ, Zhi XY, Wang D, Xu LH, Li WJ. Thermobifida halotolerans sp. nov., isolated from a salt mine sample, and emended description of the genus Thermobifida. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1821-1825. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 787492