Name: Heliothrix Pierson et al. 1986

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. n. hêlios, sun; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Heliothrix, sun hair

Gender: feminine (stem: Heliotrich-)

Type species: Heliothrix oregonensis Pierson et al. 1986

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pierson BK, Giovannoni SJ, Stahl DA, Castenholz RW. Heliothrix oregonensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., a phototrophic filamentous gliding bacterium containing bacteriochlorophyll a. Arch Microbiol 1985; 142:164-167.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 20. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:354-356.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Chloroflexaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Chlorobacteria 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: "Hefiothrix".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "HOTX" 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: 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
    Heliothrix oregonensis Pierson et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Roseiflexaceae Gupta et al. 2013

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Chander P, George S. Phylogenetic framework and molecular signatures for the class Chloroflexi and its different clades; proposal for division of the class Chloroflexia class. nov. [corrected] into the suborder Chloroflexineae subord. nov., consisting of the emended family Oscillochloridaceae and the family Chloroflexaceae fam. nov., and the suborder Roseiflexineae subord. nov., containing the family Roseiflexaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:99-119.

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