Name: Aquifex Huber and Stetter 1992

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Aquificaceae Reysenbach 2002. Publication: 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.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Aquificales Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Order I. Aquificales 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. 359-367.
  • Nomenclatural type of the phylum Aquificota Reysenbach 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this genus to the subphylum "Togobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1992) Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Aquifkx".
  • The authority of the taxon name (Huber and Stetter) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Huber et al.).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1.
  • This name was mentioned in a Request for an Opinion. Publication: Goker M. Solving the remaining problems with names of classes. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5605.
  • Complete authorship reads: Huber and Stetter 1992 in Huber, Wilharm, Huber, Trincone, Burggraf, König, Rachel, Rockinger, Fricke and Stetter 1992.
  • The name Aquifex must be attributed to Huber and Stetter 1992 (in Huber, Wilharm, Huber, Trincone, Burggraf, König, Rachel, Rockinger, Fricke and Stetter 1992) not to Huber et al. 1992 as cited in Validation List no. 43. Publication: Huber R, Stetter KO, Garrity GM. Genus I. Aquifex Huber and Stetter 1992e, 656VP (Effective publication: Huber and Stetter in Huber, Wilharm, Huber, Trincone, Burggraf, König, Rachel, Rockinger, Fricke and Stetter 1992b, 349). 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. 360-362.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • 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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