Name: Fervidobacterium Patel et al. 1985

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fer.vi.do.bac.te’ri.um. L. masc. adj. fervidus, hot; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Fervidobacterium, rods which grow at higher temperatures

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Fervidobacteri-), fer-wi-do-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Fervidobacterium nodosum Patel et al. 1985

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Patel BKC, Morgan HW, Daniel RM. Fervidobacterium nodosum gen. nov. and spec. nov., a new chemoorganotrophic, caldoactive, anaerobic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1985; 141:63-69.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 19. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:535.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Bhandari and Gupta 2014 Bhandari V, Gupta RS. Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:143-168. 🇨🇦 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 20. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2191-2192.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Fervidobacteriaceae Bhandari and Gupta 2014. Publication: Bhandari V, Gupta RS. Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:143-168. 🇨🇦
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Thermotogaceae Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Family I. Thermotogaceae fam. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 370-387. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Togobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 Ludwig et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family "Fervidobacteraceae". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Feroidobacterium"; "Fervidobactenum"; "Fervidobacteriurn"; "Fervidobaderium"; "Fervidobucterium"; "Fervidohacterium"; "Fewidobacterium"; "Vidobacterium". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Fervidobacteria".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 7; ATCC: 3; JCM: 2; VKM: 1; CBS: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "FDBT" 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: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Fervidobacterium changbaicum Cai et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fervidobacterium gondwanense Andrews and Patel 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fervidobacterium islandicum Huber et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fervidobacterium nodosum Patel et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fervidobacterium pennavorans Friedrich and Antranikian 1999	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Fervidobacterium pennivorans corrig. Friedrich and Antranikian 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fervidobacterium riparium Podosokorskaya et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fervidobacterium thailandense Kanoksilapatham et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Fervidobacteriaceae Bhandari and Gupta 2014

Assigned by: Bhandari V, Gupta RS. Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:143-168. 🇨🇦

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