Name: Thermocrinis ruber Huber et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru’ber. L. masc. adj. ruber, red, referring to the cell color

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 23557; OC 1/4

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AJ005640 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Huber R, Eder W, Heldwein S, Wanner G, Huber H, Rachel R, Stetter KO. Thermocrinis ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., A pink-filament-forming hyperthermophilic bacterium isolated from yellowstone national park. Appl Environ Microbiol 1998; 64:3576-3583.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 69. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:341-342.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Eder et al. 2020 Eder W, Tindall BJ, Huber H, Peplies J, Wirth R. Recognition of the unsuitability of DSM 12173 as the deposited type strain of Thermocrinis ruber Huber et al. 1999, recognition of DSM 23557 as an authentic sub-culture of strain OC 1/4, the nomenclatural type of Thermocrinis ruber Huber et al. 1999 and an emended description of Thermocrinis ruber Huber et al. 1999. Arch Microbiol 2020; 202:1559-1562. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 33. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:2-3.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermocrinis Huber et al. 1999. Publication: Huber R, Eder W, Heldwein S, Wanner G, Huber H, Rachel R, Stetter KO. Thermocrinis ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., A pink-filament-forming hyperthermophilic bacterium isolated from yellowstone national park. Appl Environ Microbiol 1998; 64:3576-3583.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 See also DSMZ: DSM 12173 - Thermocrinis ruber Huber et al. 1999. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • 🧍 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.
  • 🧍 Although the depositors have confirmed that the DSMZ had the correct strain, the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain held in the DSMZ (strain DSM 12173) is not identical with the sequence which is attributed to the type strain (sequence AJ005640). — Tindall BJ. Personal communication, 2009-11-23.

Parent taxon: Thermocrinis Huber et al. 1999

Assigned by: Huber R, Eder W, Heldwein S, Wanner G, Huber H, Rachel R, Stetter KO. Thermocrinis ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., A pink-filament-forming hyperthermophilic bacterium isolated from yellowstone national park. Appl Environ Microbiol 1998; 64:3576-3583.

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