Genus Calorithrix

Name: Calorithrix Kompantseva et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Ca.lo’ri.thrix. L. masc. n. calor, heat; Gr. fem. n. thrix, thread; N.L. fem. n. Calorithrix, a thread existing in a hot environment

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Caloritrich-), ka-LO-ri-t^hrix

Type species: Calorithrix insularis Kompantseva et al. 2017

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kompantseva EI, Kublanov IV, Perevalova AA, Chernyh NA, Toshchakov SV, Litti YV, Antipov AN, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Miroshnichenko ML. Calorithrix insularis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the phylum Calditrichaeota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1486-1490. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this genus to the class "Calditrichia" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 Kompantseva et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the phylum "Calditrichaeota" Kublanov et al. 2017. Publication: Kompantseva EI, Kublanov IV, Perevalova AA, Chernyh NA, Toshchakov SV, Litti YV, Antipov AN, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Miroshnichenko ML. Calorithrix insularis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the phylum Calditrichaeota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1486-1490. 🇷🇺
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Caloflirix".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: VKM: 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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Calorithrix insularis Kompantseva et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: [Calditrichota, not assigned to family]

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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