Genus Thermoleophilum
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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).
Thermoleophilum Zarilla and Perry 1986, gen. nov. (Type genus of the order ¤ Thermoleophilales Reddy and Garcia-Pichel 2009; type genus of the family ¤ Thermoleophilaceae Stackebrandt 2005).
Type species: ¤ Thermoleophilum album Zarilla and Perry 1986.
Etymology: Gr. n. thermê, heat; L. n. oleum, oil; N.L. neut. adj. philum (from Gr. neut. adj. philon), friend, loving; N.L. neut. n. Thermoleophilum, heat- and oil-loving microbe.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 20. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 354-356.
Effective publication: ZARILLA (K.A.) and PERRY (J.J.): Thermoleophilum album gen. nov. and sp. nov., a bacterium obligate for thermophily and n-alkane substrates. Arch. Microbiol., 1984, 137, 286-290.
Validation List no. 20 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Thermoleophilum album Zarilla and Perry 1986, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HS-5 = ATCC 35263.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ458462.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. album, white.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 20. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 354-356.
Effective publication: ZARILLA (K.A.) and PERRY (J.J.): Thermoleophilum album gen. nov. and sp. nov., a bacterium obligate for thermophily and n-alkane substrates. Arch. Microbiol., 1984, 137, 286-290.
Validation List no. 20 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Thermoleophilum minutum Zarilla and Perry 1986, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YS-4 = ATCC 35265.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ223108.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. minutum, small, minute, referring to cell size.
Valid publication: ZARILLA (K.A.) and PERRY (J.J.): Deoxyribonucleic acid homology and other comparisons among obligately thermophilic hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria, with a proposal for Thermoleophilum minutum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 13-16.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Notes:
1 The species Thermoleophilum minutum Zarilla and Perry 1986 (Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 13-16) has been validly published before the validation of the genus Thermoleophilum Zarilla and Perry 1986 (Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 354-356).
2 Thermoleophilum minutum Zarilla and Perry 1986 encompasses the type strain of ¤ Thermomicrobium fosteri Phillips and Perry 1976 (Approved Lists 1980).