Name: Caloramator Collins et al. 1994

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ca.lor.a.ma’tor. L. masc. n. calor, heat; L. masc. n. amator, lover; N.L. masc. n. Caloramator, heat lover

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Caloramator-), ka-lor-a-MA-tor

Type species: Caloramator fervidus (Patel et al. 1987) Collins et al. 1994

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

• Emendations:
  • 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.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🚋 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 = 14).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 10; ATCC: 4; KCTC: 3; JCM: 2; CMPUJ: 1; CCUG: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • 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
    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

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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