Name: Heliobacterium Gest and Favinger 1985

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: He.li.o.bac.te’ri.um. Gr. masc. n. hêlios, sun; Gr. neut. dim. n. baktêrion, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Heliobacterium, sun bacterium

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Heliobacteri-), he-li-o-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Heliobacterium chlorum Gest and Favinger 1985

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gest H, Favinger JL. Heliobacterium chlorum, an anoxygenic brownish-green photosynthetic bacterium containing a “New” form of bacteriochlorophyll. Arch. Microbiol. 1983; 136:11-16.

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Heliobacillus Beer-Romero and Gest 1998	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Kyndt et al. 2021 Kyndt JA, Montano Salama D, Meyer TE, Imhoff JF. Phylogenetic relationship of phototrophic heliobacteria and systematic reconsideration of species and genus assignments based on genome sequences of eight species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4729. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4850.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 3 species from the genus.
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Heliobacteriaceae Madigan and Asao 2010. Publication: Madigan MT, Euzeby JP, Asao M. Proposal of Heliobacteriaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1709-1710.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Heliobacteriales" Cavalier-Smith 2006. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses. Biol Direct 2006; 1:19.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Hefiobacterium"; "Hehobacrerium"; "Helibacterium"; "Heliobaclerium"; "Heliobactenum"; "Heliobarterium". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Heliobacteria".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Trüper HG, Imhoff JF. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology - Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:925-926.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Trueper HG, Imhoff JF. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF THE PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA: Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:925-926.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; ATCC: 4; UNIQEM: 2; BR: 1; BG: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "HOBT" 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Heliobacterium chlorum Gest and Favinger 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Heliobacterium gestii Ormerod et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Heliobacterium mobile (Beer-Romero and Gest 1998) Kyndt et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Heliobacterium modesticaldum Kimble et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Heliobacterium sulfidophilum" Bryantseva et al. 2000	not validly published	synonym
    Heliobacterium undosum Bryantseva et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Heliobacteriaceae Madigan and Asao 2010

Assigned by: Madigan MT, Euzeby JP, Asao M. Proposal of Heliobacteriaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1709-1710.

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