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Family Kosmotogaceae
Name: Kosmotogaceae Bhandari and Gupta 2014
Etymology: Kos.mo.to.ga’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Kosmotoga, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Kosmotogaceae, the family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Kosmotoga
Type genus: Kosmotoga DiPippo et al. 2009
Effective publication:
Bhandari V, Gupta RS. Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:143-168. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 157. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1455-1458.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Thermotogaceae Reysenbach 2002.
Publication:
Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Nesboe et al. (2012). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 7; JCM: 3; ATCC: 2; MCCC: 1.
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🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Thermotogaceae Reysenbach 2002.
Publication:
Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Kosmotoga DiPippo et al. 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesotoga Nesbø et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name Thermococcoides Feng et al. 2010 validly published under the ICNP synonym
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Parent taxon: Kosmotogales Bhandari and Gupta 2014
Assigned by:
Bhandari V, Gupta RS. Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:143-168.
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Record number: 1975
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