Name: Thiobacillus tepidarius Wood and Kelly 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: te.pi.da’ri.us. L. masc. adj. tepidarius, of or belonging to tepid water or to a tepid bath

Pronunciation, gender: te-pi-DA-ri-us, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43215; DSM 3134

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16S rRNA gene: AJ459801 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wood AP, Kelly DP. Physiological characteristics of a new thermophilic obligately chemolithotrophic Thiobacillus species, Thiobacillus tepidarius. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:434-437.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thermithiobacillus tepidarius (Wood and Kelly 1985) Kelly and Wood 2000

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermithiobacillus tepidarius (Wood and Kelly 1985) Kelly and Wood 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thiobacillus tepidarius is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Thiobacillus.
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wood AP, Kelly DP. Physiological characteristics of a new thermophilic obligately chemolithotrophic Thiobacillus species, Thiobacillus tepidarius. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:434-437.

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Record number: 782719