Name: Thermovibrio ruber Huber et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru’ber. L. masc. adj. ruber, red, describing the colour of the cells

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 14644; ED11/3LLK; JCM 11468

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AJ316619 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Huber H, Diller S, Horn C, Rachel R. Thermovibrio ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, nitrate-reducing bacterium that forms a deep branch within the phylum Aquificae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1859-1865.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermovibrio Huber et al. 2002. Publication: Huber H, Diller S, Horn C, Rachel R. Thermovibrio ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, nitrate-reducing bacterium that forms a deep branch within the phylum Aquificae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1859-1865.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thermovibrio Huber et al. 2002

Assigned by: Huber H, Diller S, Horn C, Rachel R. Thermovibrio ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, nitrate-reducing bacterium that forms a deep branch within the phylum Aquificae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1859-1865.

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