Name: Thiofaba tepidiphila Mori and Suzuki 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: te.pi.di.phi’la. L. masc. adj. tepidus, moderately warm; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. tepidiphila, loving lukewarm conditions

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BDA453; DSM 19618; NBRC 103218

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16S rRNA gene: AB304258 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mori K, Suzuki K. Thiofaba tepidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium of the Gammaproteobacteria isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1885-1891.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2473-2474.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thiofaba Mori and Suzuki 2008. Publication: Mori K, Suzuki K. Thiofaba tepidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium of the Gammaproteobacteria isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1885-1891.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thiofaba Mori and Suzuki 2008

Assigned by: Mori K, Suzuki K. Thiofaba tepidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium of the Gammaproteobacteria isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1885-1891.

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Record number: 787490