Meiothermus rufus (DSM 22235, LMG 24879, CAL-12)

Name: Meiothermus rufus (DSM 22235, LMG 24879, CAL-12)
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BacDive ID 16709

Type strain

Strain Designation CAL-12

Culture col. no. DSM 22235 LMG 24879 CAL-12

NCBI tax ID(s) 604332

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- M. da Costa, Univ. Coimbra, Portugal <- L. Albuquerque; CAL-12

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Meiothermus rufus CAL-12 is a bacterium that was isolated from water from a hot spring.

16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 380037

LMG 24879,DSM 22235

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:28:50

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Deinococcota

Class Deinococci

Order Thermales

Family Thermaceae

Genus Meiothermus

Species Meiothermus rufus

Full scientific name Meiothermus rufus Albuquerque et al. 2010

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Meiothermus rufus** (1)	Type strain
16708	M. rufus CAL-4, DSM 22234, LMG 24878 (type strain)

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
16218	THERMUS 162 MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 878)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: THERMUS 162 MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 878) Composition: Agar 28.0 g/l Na2HPO4 x 12 H2O 4.3 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Tryptone 1.0 g/l KH2PO4 0.544 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 0.2 g/l Nitrilotriacetic acid 0.1 g/l CaSO4 x 2 H2O 0.04 g/l Fe(III) citrate 0.00122472 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.00114 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00025 g/l H3BO3 0.00025 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 2.25e-05 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 1.25e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 1.25e-05 g/l H2SO4 Distilled water
16218	MODIFIED THERMUS 162 MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 630)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: MODIFIED THERMUS 162 MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 630) Composition: Agar 28.0 g/l Na2HPO4 x 12 H2O 4.3 g/l Yeast extract 2.5 g/l Tryptone 2.5 g/l KH2PO4 0.544 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 0.2 g/l CaSO4 x 2 H2O 0.04 g/l Nitrilotriacetic acid 0.0064 g/l Fe(III) citrate 0.00122472 g/l FeCl2 x 4 H2O 0.0005 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.00025 g/l CoCl2 x 4 H2O 0.00015 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 2.5e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 2.5e-05 g/l H3BO3 1e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 1e-05 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
16218	positive	growth	55

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Thermal spring
#Condition	#Thermophilic (>45°C)	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
16218	water from a hot spring	Auvergne, Chaudes-Aigues hydrothermal area, Lavoire fountain	France	FRA	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence FN178497 (>99% sequence identity) for Meiothermus rufus subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	92
Soil Samples	7
Animal Samples	5
Plant Samples	1
Total Samples	105

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
16218	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
16218	Meiothermus rufus partial 16S rRNA gene, strain CAL-12	FN178497	1487		604332

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Meiothermus rufus sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic red-pigmented species and emended description of the genus Meiothermus.	Albuquerque L, Ferreira C, Tomaz D, Tiago I, Verissimo A, da Costa MS, Nobre MF	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2009.05.002	2009

References

#16218	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 22235
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Meiothermus rufus (DSM 22235, LMG 24879, CAL-12)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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