Name: Thermomonas hydrothermalis Alves et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro.ther.ma’lis. Gr. masc. n. hydros, water; Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. fem. adj. hydrothermalis, to indicate that the organism originated from a hot spring, although not a very hot one

Pronunciation, gender: hy-dro-t^her-MA-lis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-470; DSM 14834; SGM-6

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16S rRNA gene: AF542054 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Alves MP, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Thermomonas hydrothermalis sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic gamma-proteobacterium isolated from a hot spring in central Portugal. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:70-75.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 92. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:935-937.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12373 (N = 13).
  • 😷 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 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thermomonas Busse et al. 2002

Assigned by: Alves MP, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Thermomonas hydrothermalis sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic gamma-proteobacterium isolated from a hot spring in central Portugal. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:70-75.

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