Name: Thermonema rossianum Nobre et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ros.si.a’num. N.L. neut. adj. rossianum, pertaining to Rossi, in honor of Mosé Rossi, a Neapolitan biochemist

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 10300; NR-27

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y08956 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tenreiro S, Nobre MF, Rainey FA, Miguel C, da Costa MS. Thermonema rossianum sp. nov., a new thermophilic and slightly halophilic species from saline hot springs in Naples, Italy. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:122-126.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:603.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Nobre et al.) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Tenreiro et al.).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.
  • 🧍 Complete authorship reads: Nobre, Rainey and da Costa in Tenreiro, Nobre, Miguel and da Costa 1997. — 🧍 Complete authorship reads: Nobre; Rainey; da Costa in Tenreiro; Nobre; Miguel; da Costa 1997.

Parent taxon: Thermonema Hudson et al. 1989

Assigned by: Tenreiro S, Nobre MF, Rainey FA, Miguel C, da Costa MS. Thermonema rossianum sp. nov., a new thermophilic and slightly halophilic species from saline hot springs in Naples, Italy. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:122-126.

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