Name: Hyperthermus Zillig et al. 1991

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Hy.per.ther.mus. Gr. prep. hyper, above; Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. n. Hyperthermus, an organism existing in a very hot environment

Gender: masculine (stem: Hypertherm-)

Type species: Hyperthermus butylicus Zillig et al. 1991

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zillig W, Holz I, Wunderl S. Hyperthermus butylicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic, anaerobic, peptide-fermenting, facultatively H2S-generating archaebacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:169-170.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Hyperthemus"; "Hyperthermua"; "Hypertherrnus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1; ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "HYTM" 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
    Hyperthermus butylicus Zillig et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Pyrodictiaceae Burggraf et al. 1997

Assigned by: 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.

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