Name: Hydrogenobacter Kawasumi et al. 1984

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); from Gr. n. hudôr, water; from Gr. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Hydrogenobacter, hydrogen rod

Type species: Hydrogenobacter thermophilus Kawasumi et al. 1984

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

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

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Hydrogenobacter acidophilus Shima and Suzuki 1993	validly published	synonym
    Hydrogenobacter hydrogenophilus (Kryukov et al. 1984) Stöhr et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Hydrogenobacter subterraneus Takai et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Hydrogenobacter thermophilus Kawasumi et al. 1984	validly published	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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