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Genus Caloramator
Name: Caloramator Collins et al. 1994
Etymology: Ca.lor.a.ma.tor. L. masc. n. calor, heat; L. masc. n. amator, lover; N.L. masc. n. Caloramator, heat lover
Gender: masculine (stem: Caloramator-)
Type species: Caloramator fervidus (Patel et al. 1987) Collins et al. 1994
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Collins MD, Lawson PA, Willems A, Cordoba JJ, Fernandez-Garayzabal J, Garcia P, Cai J, Hippe H, Farrow JA. The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:812-826. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Ogg and Patel 2011
Ogg CD, Patel BK. Caloramator mitchellensis sp. nov., a thermoanaerobe isolated from the geothermal waters of the Great Artesian Basin of Australia, and emended description of the genus Caloramator. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:644-653.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1237-1238.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Ogg and Patel 2011
Ogg CD, Patel BK. Caloramator mitchellensis sp. nov., a thermoanaerobe isolated from the geothermal waters of the Great Artesian Basin of Australia, and emended description of the genus Caloramator. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:644-653.
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Caloramatoraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Caloramatoraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Patel BKC, Monk C, Littleworth H, Morgan HW, Daniel RM. Clostridium fervidus sp. nov., a new chemoorganotrophic acetogenic thermophile. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:123-126.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Calormator"; "Culorarnator".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Ogg and Patel (2011). 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.05146 (N = 13).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 10; ATCC: 4; KCTC: 3; JCM: 2; CCUG: 1.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Caloramatoraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 11
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Caloramator australicus Ogg and Patel 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name Caloramator boliviensis Crespo et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Caloramator celer" (Engle et al. 1996) De Vos et al. 2009 not validly published synonym (and no standing) Caloramator coolhaasii Plugge et al. 2000 validly published under the ICNP correct name Caloramator fervidus (Patel et al. 1987) Collins et al. 1994 validly published under the ICNP correct name Caloramator indicus Chrisostomos et al. 1996 validly published under the ICNP correct name Caloramator mitchellensis Ogg and Patel 2011 validly published under the ICNP correct name Caloramator proteoclasticus Tarlera et al. 1997 validly published under the ICNP correct name Caloramator quimbayensis Rubiano-Labrador et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name Caloramator viterbensis Seyfried et al. 2002 inaccurate spelling misspelling Caloramator viterbiensis corrig. Seyfried et al. 2002 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Ogg CD, Patel BK. Caloramator mitchellensis sp. nov., a thermoanaerobe isolated from the geothermal waters of the Great Artesian Basin of Australia, and emended description of the genus Caloramator. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:644-653.
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