Name: Caldisphaera Itoh et al. 2003

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cal.di.sphae’ra. L. masc. adj. caldus, hot; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Caldisphaera, a hot spherical cell

Gender: feminine (stem: Caldisphaer-)

Type species: Caldisphaera lagunensis Itoh et al. 2003

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Itoh T, Suzuki K, Sanchez PC, Nakase T. Caldisphaera lagunensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermoacidophilic crenarchaeote isolated from a hot spring at Mt Maquiling, Philippines. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1149-1154.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Caldisphaeraceae Prokofeva et al. 2009. Publication: Prokofeva MI, Kostrikina NA, Kolganova TV, Tourova TP, Lysenko AM, Lebedinsky AV, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Isolation of the anaerobic thermoacidophilic crenarchaeote Acidilobus saccharovorans sp. nov. and proposal of Acidilobales ord. nov., including Acidilobaceae fam. nov. and Caldisphaeraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3116-3122.
  • 🧕 Prokofeva et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Caldisphaeraceae Prokofeva et al. 2009. Publication: Prokofeva MI, Kostrikina NA, Kolganova TV, Tourova TP, Lysenko AM, Lebedinsky AV, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Isolation of the anaerobic thermoacidophilic crenarchaeote Acidilobus saccharovorans sp. nov. and proposal of Acidilobales ord. nov., including Acidilobaceae fam. nov. and Caldisphaeraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3116-3122.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Caldisphaera draconis" Boyd et al. 2007	not validly published	preferred name
    Caldisphaera lagunensis Itoh et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Acidilobaceae Prokofeva et al. 2009

Assigned by: St John E, Reysenbach AL. Genomic comparison of deep-sea hydrothermal genera related to Aeropyrum, Thermodiscus and Caldisphaera, and proposed emended description of the family Acidilobaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126507.

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