Name: Thiothrix caldifontis Chernousova et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cal.di.fon’tis. L. masc. adj. caldus, hot; L. masc. n. fons (gen. fontis), a spring; N.L. gen. masc. n. caldifontis, from a hot spring, pertaining to the source of isolation of the first strains

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21228; G1; VKM B-2520

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU642573 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chernousova E, Gridneva E, Grabovich M, Dubinina G, Akimov V, Rossetti S, Kuever J. Thiothrix caldifontis sp. nov. and Thiothrix lacustris sp. nov., gammaproteobacteria isolated from sulfide springs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3128-3135.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:473-474.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thiothrix Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Chernousova E, Gridneva E, Grabovich M, Dubinina G, Akimov V, Rossetti S, Kuever J. Thiothrix caldifontis sp. nov. and Thiothrix lacustris sp. nov., gammaproteobacteria isolated from sulfide springs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3128-3135.

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Record number: 788249