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

Gender: 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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