Genus Petrotoga

Name: Petrotoga Davey et al. 1993

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Pe.tro’to.ga. Gr. fem. n. petra, rock, stone; L. fem. n. toga, Roman outer garment; N.L. fem. n. Petrotoga, the stone outer garment

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Petrotog-), pe-TRO-to-ga

Type species: Petrotoga miotherma Davey et al. 1993

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Davey ME, Wood WA, Key R, Nakamura K, Stahl D. Isolation of three species of Geotoga and Petrotoga: two new genera, representing a new lineage in the bacterial line of descent distantly related to the "Thermotogales". Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1993; 16:191-200.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 47. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:864-865.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Petrotogaceae Bhandari and Gupta 2014. Publication: 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. 🇨🇦
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Petrotogales Bhandari and Gupta 2014. Publication: 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. 🇨🇦
  • 🧕 Bhandari and Gupta (2014) assigned this genus to the order Petrotogales Bhandari and Gupta 2014. Publication: 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. 🇨🇦
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Thermotogaceae Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Family I. Thermotogaceae fam. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 370-387. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Togobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Miranda-Tello et al. (2007). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; JCM: 2; KCTC: 1; NBRC: 1; CIP: 1; ATCC: 1; HUT: 1; CCUG: 1.

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
    Petrotoga halophila Miranda-Tello et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Petrotoga japonica Purwasena et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Petrotoga mexicana Miranda-Tello et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Petrotoga miotherma Davey et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Petrotoga mobilis Lien et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Petrotoga olearia L'Haridon et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Petrotoga sibirica L'Haridon 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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