Name: Infirmifilum Zayulina et al. 2024

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, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Infirmifil-), in-fir-mi-FI-lum

Type species: Infirmifilum lucidum Zayulina et al. 2024

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 217. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6275.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Infirmifilum lucidum Zayulina et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Infirmifilum uzonense (Toshchakov et al. 2016) Zayulina et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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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