Name: Thermophilibacter immobilis Lu et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: im.mo’bi.lis. L. masc. adj. immobilis, non-motile

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^her-mo-p^hi-li-BAK-ter im-MO-bi-lis, masculine

Type strain: JCM 34224; KCTC 25162; LZLJ-2

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT525318 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lu LF, Yang Y, Zheng L, Zhang R, Liu GQ, Tu TY, Xu T, Luo X, Ran MF, Zhang LQ, et al. Reclassification of Olsenella gallinarum as Thermophilibacter gallinarum comb. nov. and description of Thermophilibacter immobilis sp. nov., isolated from the mud in a fermentation cellar used for the production of Chinese Luzhou-flavour Baijiu. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5192. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5273.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11547 (N = 3).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Thermophilibacter Zgheib et al. 2021

Assigned by: Lu LF, Yang Y, Zheng L, Zhang R, Liu GQ, Tu TY, Xu T, Luo X, Ran MF, Zhang LQ, et al. Reclassification of Olsenella gallinarum as Thermophilibacter gallinarum comb. nov. and description of Thermophilibacter immobilis sp. nov., isolated from the mud in a fermentation cellar used for the production of Chinese Luzhou-flavour Baijiu. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5192. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 25634