Name: Chloroherpeton Gibson et al. 1985

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chlo.ro.her’pe.ton. Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, greenish-yellow, pale green; Gr. neut. n. herpeton, a creeping thing, reptile; N.L. neut. n. Chloroherpeton, green creeping organism

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Chloroherpet-), k^hlo-ro-HER-pe-ton

Type species: Chloroherpeton thalassium Gibson et al. 1985

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gibson J, Pfennig N, Waterbury JB. Chloroherpeton thalassium gen. nov. et spec. nov., a non-filamentous, flexing and gliding green sulfur bacterium. Arch Microbiol 1984; 138:96-101.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 17. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:223-225.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Chloroherpetonaceae" Bello et al. 2022. Publication: Bello S, Howard-Azzeh M, Schellhorn HE, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic Analyses and Molecular Signatures Elucidating the Evolutionary Relationships amongst the Chlorobia and Ignavibacteria Species: Robust Demarcation of Two Family-Level Clades within the Order Chlorobiales and Proposal for the Family Chloroherpetonaceae fam. nov. Microorganisms 2022; 10:0.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Chloroherpetaceae" corrig. Bello et al. 2022. Publication: Bello S, Howard-Azzeh M, Schellhorn HE, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic Analyses and Molecular Signatures Elucidating the Evolutionary Relationships amongst the Chlorobia and Ignavibacteria Species: Robust Demarcation of Two Family-Level Clades within the Order Chlorobiales and Proposal for the Family Chloroherpetonaceae fam. nov. Microorganisms 2022; 10:0.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CLHP" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

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
    Chloroherpeton thalassium Gibson et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chlorobiaceae Copeland 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gibson J, Pfennig N, Waterbury JB. Chloroherpeton thalassium gen. nov. et spec. nov., a non-filamentous, flexing and gliding green sulfur bacterium. Arch Microbiol 1984; 138:96-101.

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