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Genus Heliorestis
Name: Heliorestis Bryantseva et al. 2000
Etymology: He.li.o.res’tis. Gr. masc. n. hêlios, sun; L. fem. n. restis, a rope; N.L. fem. n. Heliorestis, sun rope
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Heliorest-), he-li-o-RES-tis
Type species: Heliorestis daurensis Bryantseva et al. 2000
Effective publication:
Bryantseva IA, Gorlenko VM, Kompantseva EI, Achenbach LA, Madigan MT. Heliorestis daurensis, gen. nov. Sp. Nov., An alkaliphilic rod-to-coiled-shaped phototrophic heliobacterium from a siberian soda lake. Arch Microbiol 1999; 172:167-174. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 74. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:949-950.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Bryantseva et al. 2000
Bryantseva IA, Gorlenko VM, Kompantseva EI, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Osipov GA. Alkaliphilic heliobacterium Heliorestis baculata sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Heliorestis. Arch Microbiol 2000; 174:283-291.
Notes:- 🧍 As of 2023-10-12 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
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Bryantseva et al. 2000
Bryantseva IA, Gorlenko VM, Kompantseva EI, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Osipov GA. Alkaliphilic heliobacterium Heliorestis baculata sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Heliorestis. Arch Microbiol 2000; 174:283-291.
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Notes:
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🧕 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: "Heliurestis".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Asao et al. (2012). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 3; DSM: 3; NCMA: 1.
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🧕 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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Heliorestis acidaminivorans Asao et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Heliorestis baculata" Bryantseva et al. 2000 not validly published preferred name Heliorestis convoluta Asao et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name Heliorestis daurensis Bryantseva et al. 2000 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Heliobacteriaceae Madigan and Asao 2010
Assigned by:
Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
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Record number: 515788
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