Name: Tepidamorphus gemmatus Albuquerque et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gem.ma’tus. L. masc. part. adj. gemmatus, provided with buds

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CB-27A; DSM 19345; LMG 24113

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU187912 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Albuquerque L, Rainey FA, Pena A, Tiago I, Verissimo A, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Tepidamorphus gemmatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic member of the Alphaproteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:60-66.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 134. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1477-1479.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tepidamorphus Albuquerque et al. 2010. Publication: Albuquerque L, Rainey FA, Pena A, Tiago I, Verissimo A, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Tepidamorphus gemmatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic member of the Alphaproteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:60-66.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Tepidamorphus Albuquerque et al. 2010

Assigned by: Albuquerque L, Rainey FA, Pena A, Tiago I, Verissimo A, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Tepidamorphus gemmatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic member of the Alphaproteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:60-66.

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