Genus Pampinifervens

Name: Pampinifervens Palmer et al. 2026

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Pam.pi.ni.fer’vens. L. masc./fem. n. pampinus, tendril; L. pres. part. fervens, hot; N.L. neut. n. Pampinifervens, hot tendrils, referring to the tendrils of streamer communities growing in high-temperature geothermal springs

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Pampinifervent-), pam-pi-ni-FER-wens

Type species: Pampinifervens diazotrophicum Palmer et al. 2026

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Palmer M, Nou NO, Turello LA, Power CE, Ong JC, Covington JK, Lai D, Mayali X, Reysenbach AL, Qi YL, et al. Nitrogen fixation in Pampinifervens, a new species-rich genus of Aquificaceae that inhabits a wide pH range in terrestrial hot springs. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126644. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; CGMCC: 1; DSM: 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: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pampinifervens diazotrophicum Palmer et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pampinifervens florentissimum Palmer et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Pampinifervens sericum" Palmer et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Pampinifervens sinense" Palmer et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Pampinifervens tengchongense" Palmer et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Pampinifervens yunnanense" Palmer et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Aquificaceae Reysenbach 2002

Assigned by: Palmer M, Nou NO, Turello LA, Power CE, Ong JC, Covington JK, Lai D, Mayali X, Reysenbach AL, Qi YL, et al. Nitrogen fixation in Pampinifervens, a new species-rich genus of Aquificaceae that inhabits a wide pH range in terrestrial hot springs. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126644. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 70239