Name: Marinitoga Wery et al. 2001

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ma.ri.ni.to.ga. 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

Gender: feminine (stem: Marinitog-)

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Thermotogaceae Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 7; JCM: 6.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Marinitoga arctica Steinsbu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinitoga camini Wery et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinitoga hydrogenitolerans Postec et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinitoga lauensis L'Haridon et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinitoga litoralis Postec et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinitoga okinawensis Nunoura et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinitoga piezophila Alain et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	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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