Genus Anaerofilum
Name: Anaerofilum Zellner et al. 1996
Etymology: An.ae.ro.fi.lum. Gr. pref. an-, not (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; L. neut. n. filum, thread, referring to the very thin rod-shaped cells; N.L. neut. n. Anaerofilum, anaerobic thin rods
Gender: neuter (stem: Anaerofil-)
Type species: Anaerofilum pentosovorans Zellner et al. 1996
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Zellner G, Stackebrandt E, Nagel D, Messner P, Weiss N, Winter J. Anaerofilum pentosovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Anaerofilum agile sp. nov., two new, strictly anaerobic, mesophilic, acidogenic bacteria from anaerobic bioreactors. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:871-875. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Lachnospiraceae". 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.
- De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Ruminococcaceae Rainey 2010. Publication: Rainey FA. Family VIII. Ruminococcaceae 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. 1016.
- This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Anerofilum".
- The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; KCTC: 1; CGMCC: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 5
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Anaerofilum agile Zellner et al. 1996 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Candidatus Anaerofilum excrementigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021 not validly published preferred name (not correct name) "Candidatus Anaerofilum faecale" Gilroy et al. 2021 not validly published preferred name (not correct name) Anaerofilum hominis Liu et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name Anaerofilum pentosovorans Zellner et al. 1996 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Tindall BJ. The names Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium cellulolyticum (Patel et al. 1980) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium aldrichii (Yang et al. 1990) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium alkalicellulosi (Zhilina et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium clariflavum (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium straminisolvens (Kato et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2018 and Hungateiclostridium saccincola (Koeck et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2018 contravene Rule 51b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and require replacement names in the genus Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3927-3932.
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