Name: Thiorhodococcus bheemlicus Anil Kumar et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bhe.em’li.cus. N.L. masc. adj. bheemlicus, named after Bheemli, the place from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bhe-EM-li-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1362; DSM 18805; JA132; JCM 14149; MTCC 8120

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AM282559 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Anil Kumar P, Sasi Jyothsna TS, Srinivas TN, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV, Imhoff JF. Two novel species of marine phototrophic Gammaproteobacteria: Thiorhodococcus bheemlicus sp. nov. and Thiorhodococcus kakinadensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2458-2461. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:313-314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Imhoffiella bheemlica (Anil Kumar et al. 2007) Nupur et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Imhoffiella bheemlica (Anil Kumar et al. 2007) Nupur et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thiorhodococcus bheemlicus 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 Thiorhodococcus.
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thiorhodococcus Guyoneaud et al. 1998

Assigned by: Anil Kumar P, Sasi Jyothsna TS, Srinivas TN, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV, Imhoff JF. Two novel species of marine phototrophic Gammaproteobacteria: Thiorhodococcus bheemlicus sp. nov. and Thiorhodococcus kakinadensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2458-2461. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 786909