Genus Thermovenabulum
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
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).
Thermovenabulum Zavarzina et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thermovenabulum ferriorganovorum Zavarzina et al. 2002.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; L. neut. n. venabulum, a hunting spear; N.L. neut. n. Thermovenabulum, hot hunting spear-shaped cell, referring to the branched cell morphology.
Valid publication: ZAVARZINA (D.G.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KUZNETSOV (B.B.), BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.) and SLOBODKIN (A.I.): Thermovenabulum ferriorganovorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, anaerobic, endospore-forming bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1737-1743.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thermovenabulum ferriorganovorum Zavarzina et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Z-9801 = DSM 14006 = UNIQEM 210.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY033493.
Etymology: L. n. ferrum, iron; N.L. n. organum, organic compound; L. v. voro, to eat, devour; N.L. neut. adj. ferriorganovorum, using iron and organic compounds.
Valid publication: ZAVARZINA (D.G.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KUZNETSOV (B.B.), BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.) and SLOBODKIN (A.I.): Thermovenabulum ferriorganovorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, anaerobic, endospore-forming bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1737-1743.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thermovenabulum gondwanense Ogg et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) R270 = DSM 21133 = KCTC 5616.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU443729.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. gondwanense, of or pertaining to the large land mass known as Gondwana, which included Australia, Africa, India and South America before they separated.
Valid publication: OGG (C.D.), GREENE (A.C.) and PATEL (B.K.C.): Thermovenabulum gondwanense sp. nov., a thermophilic anaerobic Fe(III)-reducing bacterium isolated from microbial mats thriving in a Great Artesian Basin bore runoff channel. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1079-1084.
Original article in IJSEM Online