Name: Zhizhongheella caldifontis Dong et al. 2014

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, of a hot spring

Pronunciation, gender: kal-di-FON-tis, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 80649; JCM 19651; KCTC 32557; YIM 78140

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF771277 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dong L, Ming H, Liu L, Zhou EM, Yin YR, Duan YY, Nie GX, Feng HG, Li WJ. Zhizhongheella caldifontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Comamonadaceae. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:755-761.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 158. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2184-2187.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Caldimonas caldifontis (Dong et al. 2014) Liu et al. 2023

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Caldimonas caldifontis (Dong et al. 2014) Liu et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Zhizhongheella Dong et al. 2014. Publication: Dong L, Ming H, Liu L, Zhou EM, Yin YR, Duan YY, Nie GX, Feng HG, Li WJ. Zhizhongheella caldifontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Comamonadaceae. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:755-761.
  • ❗ Zhizhongheella caldifontis 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 Zhizhongheella.
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Zhizhongheella Dong et al. 2014

Assigned by: Dong L, Ming H, Liu L, Zhou EM, Yin YR, Duan YY, Nie GX, Feng HG, Li WJ. Zhizhongheella caldifontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Comamonadaceae. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:755-761.

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Record number: 791949