Name: Marinitoga Wery et al. 2001

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. masc. adj. marinus, of or belonging to the sea, marine; L. fem. n. toga, Roman outer garment; N.L. fem. n. Marinitoga, a marine toga, referring to the marine isolation of the organism and the presence of a 'toga'-like sheath

Type species: Marinitoga camini Wery et al. 2001

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wery N, Lesongeur F, Pignet P, Derennes V, Cambon-Bonavita MA, Godfroy A, Barbier G. Marinitoga camini gen. nov., sp. nov., a rod-shaped bacterium belonging to the order Thermotogales, isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:495-504.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Marinitoga arctica Steinsbu et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Marinitoga camini Wery et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Marinitoga hydrogenitolerans Postec et al. 2005	validly published	correct name
    "Marinitoga lauensis" L'Haridon et al. 2019	not validly published
    Marinitoga litoralis Postec et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Marinitoga okinawensis Nunoura et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Marinitoga piezophila Alain et al. 2002	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Petrotogaceae Bhandari and Gupta 2014

Assigned by: Bhandari V, Gupta RS. Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:143-168.

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