Name: Hydrogenobacter Kawasumi et al. 1984

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Hy.dro.ge.no.bac.ter. N.L. neut. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); from Gr. neut. n. hydôr, water; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Hydrogenobacter, hydrogen rod

Gender: masculine (stem: Hydrogenobacter-)

Type species: Hydrogenobacter thermophilus Kawasumi et al. 1984

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kawasumi T, Igarashi Y, Kodama T, Minoda Y. Hydrogenobacter thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic, aerobic, hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:5-10.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Calderobacterium Kryukov et al. 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Hillrogeivobacter"; "Hjdrogenobacter"; "Hydrogenohucter"; "Hydrogmobacter".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 5; DSM: 3; NBRC: 2; IFO: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "HYBT" 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: 3
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Hydrogenobacter acidophilus Shima and Suzuki 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Hydrogenobacter halophilus" Nishihara et al. 1990	not validly published
    Hydrogenobacter hydrogenophilus (Kryukov et al. 1984) Stöhr et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Hydrogenobacter subterraneus" Takai et al. 2001	not validly published
    Hydrogenobacter thermophilus Kawasumi et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Aquificaceae Reysenbach 2002

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Lali R. Molecular signatures for the phylum Aquificae and its different clades: proposal for division of the phylum Aquificae into the emended order Aquificales, containing the families Aquificaceae and Hydrogenothermaceae, and a new order Desulfurobacteriales ord. nov., containing the family Desulfurobacteriaceae. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:349-368.

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