Genus Thermoflexus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Thermoflexus Dodsworth et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thermoflexus hugenholtzii Dodsworth et al. 2014.
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. therme, heat; L. adj. flexus, curved from L. v. flecto, to bend, to curve; N.L. masc. n. Thermoflexus, the hot, curved one.
Valid publication: DODSWORTH, J. A., GEVORKIAN, J., DESPUJOS, F., COLE, J. K., MURUGAPIRAN, S. K., MING, H., LI, W.-J., ZHANG, G., DOHNALKOVA, A. and HEDLUND, B. P. 2014. Thermoflexus hugenholtzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, microaerophilic, filamentous bacterium representing a novel class in the Chloroflexi, Thermoflexia classis nov., and description of Thermoflexaceae fam. nov. and Thermoflexales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2119-2127.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thermoflexus hugenholtzii Dodsworth et al. 2014, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JAD2=JCM 19131=CCTCC AB-2014030.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC526151.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. hugenholtzii, of Hugenholtz, referring to Australian microbiologist Philip Hugenholtz, who contributed much to our understanding of bacterial diversity in geothermal environments.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: DODSWORTH, J. A., GEVORKIAN, J., DESPUJOS, F., COLE, J. K., MURUGAPIRAN, S. K., MING, H., LI, W.-J., ZHANG, G., DOHNALKOVA, A. and HEDLUND, B. P. 2014. Thermoflexus hugenholtzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, microaerophilic, filamentous bacterium representing a novel class in the Chloroflexi, Thermoflexia classis nov., and description of Thermoflexaceae fam. nov. and Thermoflexales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2119-2127.
Original article in IJSEM Online