Name: Fervidibacter Nou et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fer.vi.di.bac’ter. L. masc. adj. fervidus, hot, steaming; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Fervidibacter, a hot rod

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Fervidibacter-), fer-wi-di-BAK-ter

Type species: Fervidibacter sacchari Nou et al. 2025

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Effective publication: Nou NO, Covington JK, Lai D, Mayali X, Seymour CO, Johnston J, Jiao JY, Buessecker S, Mosier D, Muok AR, et al. Author Correction: Genome-guided isolation of the hyperthermophilic aerobe Fervidibacter sacchari reveals conserved polysaccharide metabolism in the Armatimonadota. Nat Commun 2025; 16:4015. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Fervidibacter" Nou et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Fervidibacteria Nou et al. 2025. Publication: Nou NO, Covington JK, Lai D, Mayali X, Seymour CO, Johnston J, Jiao JY, Buessecker S, Mosier D, Muok AR, et al. Author Correction: Genome-guided isolation of the hyperthermophilic aerobe Fervidibacter sacchari reveals conserved polysaccharide metabolism in the Armatimonadota. Nat Commun 2025; 16:4015. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Fervidibacteraceae Nou et al. 2025. Publication: Nou NO, Covington JK, Lai D, Mayali X, Seymour CO, Johnston J, Jiao JY, Buessecker S, Mosier D, Muok AR, et al. Author Correction: Genome-guided isolation of the hyperthermophilic aerobe Fervidibacter sacchari reveals conserved polysaccharide metabolism in the Armatimonadota. Nat Commun 2025; 16:4015. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Fervidibacterales Nou et al. 2025. Publication: Nou NO, Covington JK, Lai D, Mayali X, Seymour CO, Johnston J, Jiao JY, Buessecker S, Mosier D, Muok AR, et al. Author Correction: Genome-guided isolation of the hyperthermophilic aerobe Fervidibacter sacchari reveals conserved polysaccharide metabolism in the Armatimonadota. Nat Commun 2025; 16:4015. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Nou et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the class Fervidibacteria Nou et al. 2025. Publication: Nou NO, Covington JK, Lai D, Mayali X, Seymour CO, Johnston J, Jiao JY, Buessecker S, Mosier D, Muok AR, et al. Author Correction: Genome-guided isolation of the hyperthermophilic aerobe Fervidibacter sacchari reveals conserved polysaccharide metabolism in the Armatimonadota. Nat Commun 2025; 16:4015. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Nou et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the order Fervidibacterales Nou et al. 2025. Publication: Nou NO, Covington JK, Lai D, Mayali X, Seymour CO, Johnston J, Jiao JY, Buessecker S, Mosier D, Muok AR, et al. Author Correction: Genome-guided isolation of the hyperthermophilic aerobe Fervidibacter sacchari reveals conserved polysaccharide metabolism in the Armatimonadota. Nat Commun 2025; 16:4015. 🇺🇸
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Fervidibacter" Nou et al. 2024. Publication: Nou NO, Covington JK, Lai D, Mayali X, Seymour CO, Johnston J, Jiao JY, Buessecker S, Mosier D, Muok AR, et al. Genome-guided isolation of the hyperthermophilic aerobe Fervidibacter sacchari reveals conserved polysaccharide metabolism in the Armatimonadota. Nat Commun 2024; 15:9534. 🇨🇦
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Fervidibacter" Rinke et al. 2013.
  • 🎰 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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Fervidibacter sacchari Nou et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Fervidibacteraceae Nou et al. 2025

Assigned by: Nou NO, Covington JK, Lai D, Mayali X, Seymour CO, Johnston J, Jiao JY, Buessecker S, Mosier D, Muok AR, et al. Author Correction: Genome-guided isolation of the hyperthermophilic aerobe Fervidibacter sacchari reveals conserved polysaccharide metabolism in the Armatimonadota. Nat Commun 2025; 16:4015. 🇺🇸

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