Genus Thermofilum
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Thermofilum Zillig and Gierl 1983, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Thermofilaceae Burggraf et al. 1997).
Type species: ¤ Thermofilum pendens Zillig and Gierl 1983.
Etymology: Gr. n. thermê, heat; L. neut. n. filum, thread, filament; N.L. neut. n. Thermofilum, filament existing in a hot environment.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 11. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1983, 33, 672-674.
Effective publication: ZILLIG (W.), GIERL (A.), SCHREIBER (G.), WUNDERL (S.), JANEKOVIC (D.), STETTER (K.O.) and KLENK (H.P.): The archaebacterium Thermofilum pendens represents a novel genus of the thermophilic, anaerobic sulfur respiring Thermoproteales. Syst. Appl. Microbiol, 1983, 4, 79-87.
Validation List no. 11 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Thermofilum pendens Zillig and Gierl 1983, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Hvv3 = DSM 2475.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X14835.
Etymology: L. neut. part. adj. pendens, depending (growth depends on a factor from Thermoproteus species).
Valid publication: Validation List no. 11. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1983, 33, 672-674.
Effective publication: ZILLIG (W.), GIERL (A.), SCHREIBER (G.), WUNDERL (S.), JANEKOVIC (D.), STETTER (K.O.) and KLENK (H.P.): The archaebacterium Thermofilum pendens represents a novel genus of the thermophilic, anaerobic sulfur respiring Thermoproteales. Syst. Appl. Microbiol, 1983, 4, 79-87.
Validation List no. 11 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Thermofilum uzonense Toshchakov et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 1807-2=DSM 28062=JCM 19810.
Sequence accession no. (complete genome) for the type strain: CP009961.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. uzonense, pertaining to the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Far-East Russia, from where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 169. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66 (2016), 1913-1915; erratum, 2456-2458.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: Toshchakov, S. V., Korzhenkov, A. A., Samarov, N. I., Mazunin, I. O., Mozhey, O. I., Shmyr, I. S., Derbikova, K. S., Taranov, E. A., Dominova, I. N., Bonch-Osmolovskaya, E. A., Patrushev, M. V., Podosokorskaya, O. A. and Kublanov, I. V. 2015. Complete genome sequence of and proposal of Thermofilum uzonense sp. nov. a novel hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon and emended description of the genus Thermofilum . Standards Genomic Sci. 10, 122.
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