Name: Aquifex Huber and Stetter 1992
Etymology: A.qui.fex. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. masc. n. suff. -fex, maker; from L. v. facio, to make; N.L. masc. n. Aquifex, the water maker
Gender: masculine (stem: Aquific-)
Type species: Aquifex pyrophilus Huber and Stetter 1992
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Huber R, Wilharm T, Huber D, Trincone A, Burggraf S, König H, Rachel R, Rockinger I, Fricke H, Stetter KO. Aquifex pyrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., represents a novel group of marine hyperthermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1992; 15:340-351.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 43. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:656-657.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 3
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
"Aquifex aeolicus" Huber and Stetter 2001 | not validly published | |
"Aquifex aeolicus" Cole et al. 1998 | not validly published | |
Aquifex pyrophilus Huber and Stetter 1992 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Aquificaceae Reysenbach 2002
Assigned by: Reysenbach A-L. Family I. Aquificaceae 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. 360-367.
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Record number: 515160