Genus Metallosphaera

Name: Metallosphaera Huber et al. 1989

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.tal.lo.sphae’ra. L. neut. n. metallum, a mine or quarry, metal; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Metallosphaera, the metal-mobilizing sphere

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Metallosphaer-), me-tal-lo-SP^HA͡E-ra

Type species: Metallosphaera sedula Huber et al. 1989

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Huber G, Spinnler C, Gambacorta A, Stetter KO. Metallosphaera sedula gen. and sp. nov. represents a new genus of aerobic, metal-mobilizing, thermoacidophilic archaebacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 12:3847. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

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: "Mefallosphaera"; "Metallospbaera"; "Metallospha"; "Metallospharea"; "Methallosphaera".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 4; DSM: 4; ATCC: 2; NBRC: 2; CGMCC: 2; IFO: 1; IAM: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MLSF" 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: 5
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
    Metallosphaera cuprina Liu et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Metallosphaera hakonensis (Takayanagi et al. 1996) Kurosawa et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Metallosphaera javensis Hofmann et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Metallosphaera prunae Fuchs et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Metallosphaera sedula Huber et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Metallosphaera tengchongensis Peng et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Metallosphaera yellowstonensis" Kozubal et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Sulfolobaceae Stetter 1989

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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