Name: Herpetosiphon Holt and Lewin 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Her.pe.to.si’phon. Gr. neut. n. herpeton, gliding animal, reptile; Gr. masc. n. siphôn, tube, pipe; N.L. masc. n. Herpetosiphon, gliding tube

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Herpetosiphon-), her-pe-to-SI-p^hon

Type species: Herpetosiphon aurantiacus Holt and Lewin 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Holt JG, Lewin RA. Herpetosiphon aurantiacus gen. et sp. n., a new filamentous gliding organism. J Bacteriol 1968; 95:2407-2408.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Herpetosiphonaceae Gupta et al. 2013. Publication: 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. 🇨🇦
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Herpetosiphonales Gupta et al. 2013. Publication: 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. 🇨🇦
  • 🧕 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. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 Gupta et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the order Herpetosiphonales Gupta et al. 2013. Publication: 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. 🇨🇦
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Helpetosiphon"; "Herpetosyphon".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 9; NBRC: 7; ATCC: 5; NCIMB: 3; CCUG: 2; HAMBI: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "HPSN" 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: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Herpetosiphon aurantiacus Holt and Lewin 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herpetosiphon cohaerens Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Herpetosiphon geysericola (Copeland 1936) Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herpetosiphon giganteus (ex Reichenbach and Golecki 1975) Pan et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herpetosiphon gulosus Pan et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herpetosiphon llansteffanense Livingstone et al. 2019	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Herpetosiphon llansteffanensis corrig. Livingstone et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herpetosiphon nigricans Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Herpetosiphon persicus Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Herpetosiphonaceae 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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