Name: Thermofilum uzonense Toshchakov et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.zo.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. uzonense, pertaining to the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Far-East Russia, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 1807-2; DSM 28062; JCM 19810

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP009961 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Toshchakov SV, Korzhenkov AA, Samarov NI, Mazunin IO, Mozhey OI, Shmyr IS, Derbikova KS, Taranov EA, Dominova IN, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, et al. Complete genome sequence of and proposal of Thermofilum uzonense sp. nov. a novel hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon and emended description of the genus Thermofilum. Stand Genomic Sci 2015; 10:122.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 169. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1913-1915.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Infirmifilum uzonense" (Toshchakov et al. 2016) Zayulina et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thermofilum Zillig and Gierl 1983

Assigned by: Toshchakov SV, Korzhenkov AA, Samarov NI, Mazunin IO, Mozhey OI, Shmyr IS, Derbikova KS, Taranov EA, Dominova IN, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, et al. Complete genome sequence of and proposal of Thermofilum uzonense sp. nov. a novel hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon and emended description of the genus Thermofilum. Stand Genomic Sci 2015; 10:122.

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Record number: 794100