Name: Thermoflavifilum thermophilum (Hanada et al. 2014) García-López et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Crenotalea thermophila Hanada et al. 2014

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.lum. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. neut. adj. thermophilum, heat-loving

Pronunciation, gender: t^her-MO-p^hi-lum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 14807; JCM 11541; STH-1-Y1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB849120 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Crenotalea thermophila Hanada et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.29932 (N = 25).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thermoflavifilum Anders et al. 2014

Assigned by: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

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