Name: "Infirmifilum" Zayulina et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: In.fir.mi.fi’lum. L. masc. adj. infirmus; L. neut. n. filum, a thread, string; N.L. neut. n. Infirmifilum, a weak thread

Gender: neuter (stem: Infirmifil-)

Type species: "Infirmifilum lucidum" Zayulina et al. 2021

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Original publication: Zayulina KS, Elcheninov AG, Toshchakov SV, Kochetkova TV, Novikov AA, Blamey JM, Kublanov IV. Novel hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Infirmifilum lucidum gen. nov. sp. nov., reclassification of Thermofilum uzonense as Infirmifilum uzonense comb. nov. and assignment of the family Thermofilaceae to the order Thermofilales ord. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126230.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; KCTC: 1; VKM: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Infirmifilum lucidum" Zayulina et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Infirmifilum uzonense" (Toshchakov et al. 2016) Zayulina et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Thermofilaceae Burggraf et al. 1997

Assigned by: Zayulina KS, Elcheninov AG, Toshchakov SV, Kochetkova TV, Novikov AA, Blamey JM, Kublanov IV. Novel hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Infirmifilum lucidum gen. nov. sp. nov., reclassification of Thermofilum uzonense as Infirmifilum uzonense comb. nov. and assignment of the family Thermofilaceae to the order Thermofilales ord. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126230.

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