Name: Thermoanaerobacteraceae Wiegel 2010

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Thermoanaerobacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermoanaerobacteraceae, family of the genus Thermoanaerobacter

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Thermoanaerobacter Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982

Effective publication: Wiegel J. Family I. Thermoanaerobacteraceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 1225.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 132. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:469-472.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Moorellaceae Lv et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Calderihabitantaceae Lv et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Maekinen et al. (2009) assigned the genus Thermovorax Mäkinen et al. 2012 to this family. Publication: Makinen AE, Kaksonen AH, Puhakka JA. Thermovorax subterraneus, gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic hydrogen-producing bacterium isolated from geothermally active underground mine. Extremophiles 2009; 13:505-510.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Thermoanaerobacteriaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Thernoanaerobacteriaceae".
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Slobodkina et al. (2017), Lee et al. (2008). 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: 69; ATCC: 41; VKM: 14; JCM: 10; NBRC: 3; LMG: 2; CGMCC: 1; CECT: 1; BCRC: 1; CIP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 17
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 21
Total number of child taxa: 22

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acetogenium Leigh and Wolfe 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Ammonifex Huber and Stetter 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brockia Perevalova et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Caldanaerobacter Fardeau et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Caldanaerobius Lee et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Calderihabitans Yoneda et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Caloribacterium Slobodkina et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Carboxydibrachium corrig. Sokolova et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Carboxydobrachium Sokolova et al. 2001	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Carboxydothermus Svetlichny et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfothermobacter Frolov et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovirgula Kaksonen et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gelria Plugge et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Moorella Collins et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermacetogenium Hattori et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermanaeromonas Mori et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoanaerobacter Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoanaerobacterium Lee et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoanaerobium Zeikus et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Thermobacteroides Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Thermodesulfitimonas Slobodkina et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoterrabacterium Slobodkin et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacterales Wiegel 2010

Assigned by: Wiegel J. Order III. Thermoanaerobacterales ord. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 1224.

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