Name: Meiothermus rufus Albuquerque et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru’fus. L. masc. adj. rufus, red, reddish

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CAL-4; DSM 22234; LMG 24878

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FN178496 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Albuquerque L, Ferreira C, Tomaz D, Tiago I, Verissimo A, da Costa MS, Nobre MF. Meiothermus rufus sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic red-pigmented species and emended description of the genus Meiothermus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2009; 32:306-313.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 131. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Meiothermus Nobre et al. 1996

Assigned by: Albuquerque L, Ferreira C, Tomaz D, Tiago I, Verissimo A, da Costa MS, Nobre MF. Meiothermus rufus sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic red-pigmented species and emended description of the genus Meiothermus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2009; 32:306-313.

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