Name: Thermoproteaceae Zillig and Stetter 1982

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Thermoproteus Zillig and Stetter 1982

Effective publication: Zillig W, Stetter KO, Schilfer W, Janekovic D, Wunderl S, Holz I, Palm P. Thermoproteales: a novel type of extremely thermoacidophilic anaerobic archaebacteria isolated from Icelandic solfataras. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. C 1981; 2:205-227.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Thermocladiaceae" Rinke et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thermocladiaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Burggraf et al. 1997 Burggraf S, Huber H, Stetter KO. Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:657-660. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1275-1276.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 1 genus in the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Kato et al. (2019) assigned the genus "Conexivisphaera" to this family. Publication: Kato S, Itoh T, Yuki M, Nagamori M, Ohnishi M, Uematsu K, Suzuki K, Takashina T, Ohkuma M. Isolation and characterization of a thermophilic sulfur- and iron-reducing thaumarchaeote from a terrestrial acidic hot spring. ISME J 2019; 13:2465-2474.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Tbermoproteaceae"; "Themzoproteaceae"; "Thermofrroteaceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Itoh et al. (2002). 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 authority of the taxon name (Zillig and Stetter) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Zillig et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 15; DSM: 15; ATCC: 7; NBRC: 6; CIP: 1; VKM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Caldivirga Itoh et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyrobaculum Huber et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermocladium Itoh et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoproteus Zillig and Stetter 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Vulcanisaeta Itoh et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thermoproteales Zillig and Stetter 1982

Assigned by: Zillig W, Stetter KO, Schäfer W, Janekovic D, Wunderl S, Holz I, Palm P. Thermoproteales: a novel type of extremely thermoacidophilic anaerobic archaebacteria isolated from Icelandic solfataras. Zentralbl. Mikrobiol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1981; C2:205-227.

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