Name: Geoglobus Kashefi et al. 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ge.o.glo’bus. Gr. fem. n. gê, the Earth; L. masc. n. globus, ball; N.L. masc. n. Geoglobus, a ball from the Earth

Gender: masculine (stem: Geoglob-)

Type species: Geoglobus ahangari Kashefi et al. 2002

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kashefi K, Tor JM, Holmes DE, Gaw Van Praagh CV, Reysenbach AL, Lovley DR. Geoglobus ahangari gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeon capable of oxidizing organic acids and growing autotrophically on hydrogen with Fe(III) serving as the sole electron acceptor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:719-728.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; VKM: 1; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Geoglobus acetivorans Slobodkina et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geoglobus ahangari Kashefi et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Archaeoglobaceae Huber and Stetter 2002

Assigned by: Mori K, Maruyama A, Urabe T, Suzuki K, Hanada S. Archaeoglobus infectus sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, chemolithoheterotrophic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea rock collected at Suiyo Seamount, Izu-Bonin Arc, western Pacific Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:810-816.

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