Name: Thermomicrobium carboxidum King and King 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: carb.o’xi.dum. L. masc. n. carbo, charcoal, carbon; Gr. masc. adj. oxys, sharp, acid; N.L. neut. adj. carboxidum, pertaining to carbon monoxide

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2535; DSM 27067; KI3

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KF193529 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: King CE, King GM. Thermomicrobium carboxidum sp. nov., and Thermorudis peleae gen. nov., sp. nov., carbon monoxide-oxidizing bacteria isolated from geothermally heated biofilms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2586-2592.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3607-3609.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Houghton et al. 2015 Houghton KM, Morgan XC, Lagutin K, MacKenzie AD, Vyssotskii M, Mitchell KA, McDonald IR, Morgan HW, Power JF, Moreau JW, et al. Thermorudis pharmacophila sp. nov., a novel member of the class Thermomicrobia isolated from geothermal soil, and emended descriptions of Thermomicrobium roseum, Thermomicrobium carboxidum, Thermorudis peleae and Sphaerobacter thermophilus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4479-4487. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1600-1602.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thermomicrobium Jackson et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: King CE, King GM. Thermomicrobium carboxidum sp. nov., and Thermorudis peleae gen. nov., sp. nov., carbon monoxide-oxidizing bacteria isolated from geothermally heated biofilms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2586-2592.

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Record number: 792038