Name: Thermonema rossianum Nobre et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ros.si.a’num. N.L. neut. adj. rossianum, pertaining to Rossi, in honor of Mosé Rossi, a Neapolitan biochemist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ros-si-A-num, neuter

Type strain: DSM 10300; NR-27

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y08956 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tenreiro S, Nobre MF, Rainey FA, Miguel C, da Costa MS. Thermonema rossianum sp. nov., a new thermophilic and slightly halophilic species from saline hot springs in Naples, Italy. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:122-126. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:603.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Nobre et al.) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Tenreiro et al.).
  • 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 Complete authorship reads: Nobre, Rainey and da Costa in Tenreiro, Nobre, Miguel and da Costa 1997. — 🧍 Complete authorship reads: Nobre; Rainey; da Costa in Tenreiro; Nobre; Miguel; da Costa 1997.

Parent taxon: Thermonema Hudson et al. 1989

Assigned by: Tenreiro S, Nobre MF, Rainey FA, Miguel C, da Costa MS. Thermonema rossianum sp. nov., a new thermophilic and slightly halophilic species from saline hot springs in Naples, Italy. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:122-126. 🇩🇪

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