In addition, or in contrast, to the characteristics described for the genus, the genomes of this species lack hyaB, required for Group 1d hydrogenases, and only encode a partial SOX complex required for thiosulfate oxidation. Additionally, structural genes for flagellar motility are absent from genomes of this species. Genomic G+C content for this species range between 42.57% and 44.77%. Genealogical concordance and ANI support the novelty of this species, and phylogenomics and AAI places this species in the genus Pampinifervens gen. nov. The type for this species is the genome GMQ_2011_Aq_binTs, sampled from Gumingquan (Drum Beating Spring) in the Rehai Geothermal Field, Tengchong, China, and is available under the GenBank assembly accession GCA_037722135.1. (BioProject: PRJNA1048437, BioSample: SAMN38639742).