Name: Thermoplasmataceae Reysenbach 2002

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.plas.ma.ta’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Thermoplasma, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermoplasmataceae, the Thermoplasma family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^her-mo-plas-ma-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Thermoplasma Darland et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Reysenbach A-L. Family I. Thermoplasmataceae fam. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 335-339. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thermoplasmaceae".
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; JCM: 4; ATCC: 3; IFO: 3; NBRC: 3; BR: 1.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 85, the page numbers of the effective publication are cited as "pp. 335-339". Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Carboxiplasma" Bulaev et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Oxyplasma Golyshina et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoplasma Darland et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thermoplasmatales Reysenbach 2002

Assigned by: Reysenbach A-L. Order I. Thermoplasmatales ord. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 335-340. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 1461