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Genus Pseudothermotoga
Name: Pseudothermotoga Bhandari and Gupta 2014
Etymology: Pseu.do.ther.mo.to’ga. Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; N.L. fem. n. Thermotoga, a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Pseudothermotoga, a genus falsely (or inaccurately) classified as Thermotoga
Gender: feminine (stem: Pseudothermotog-)
Type species: Pseudothermotoga thermarum (Windberger et al. 1992) Bhandari and Gupta 2014
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective 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. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 158. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2184-2187.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Belahbib et al. 2018
Belahbib H, Summers ZM, Fardeau ML, Joseph M, Tamburini C, Dolla A, Ollivier B, Armougom F. Towards a congruent reclassification and nomenclature of the thermophilic species of the genus Pseudothermotoga within the order Thermotogales. Syst Appl Microbiol 2018; 41:555-563.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 30. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1850-1851.
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Belahbib et al. 2018
Belahbib H, Summers ZM, Fardeau ML, Joseph M, Tamburini C, Dolla A, Ollivier B, Armougom F. Towards a congruent reclassification and nomenclature of the thermophilic species of the genus Pseudothermotoga within the order Thermotogales. Syst Appl Microbiol 2018; 41:555-563.
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Thermotoga Stetter and Huber 1986.
Publication:
Windberger E, Huber R, Trincone A, Fricke H, Stetter KO. Thermotoga thermarum sp. nov. and Thermotoga neapolitana occurring in African con tinen tal solfataric springs. Arch. Microbiol. 1989; 151:506-512.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Psudothermotoga".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 8; NBRC: 5; ATCC: 2.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Thermotoga Stetter and Huber 1986.
Publication:
Windberger E, Huber R, Trincone A, Fricke H, Stetter KO. Thermotoga thermarum sp. nov. and Thermotoga neapolitana occurring in African con tinen tal solfataric springs. Arch. Microbiol. 1989; 151:506-512.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 8
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Pseudothermotoga caldifontis" (Mori et al. 2014) Belahbib et al. 2018 not validly published synonym Pseudothermotoga elfii (Ravot et al. 1995) Bhandari and Gupta 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Pseudothermotoga hypogea" (Fardeau et al. 1997) Bhandari and Gupta 2014 not validly published synonym Pseudothermotoga hypogea (Fardeau et al. 1997) Bhandari and Gupta 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name Pseudothermotoga lettingae (Balk et al. 2002) Bhandari and Gupta 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Pseudothermotoga profunda" (Mori et al. 2014) Belahbib et al. 2018 not validly published synonym Pseudothermotoga subterranea (Jeanthon et al. 2000) Bhandari and Gupta 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name Pseudothermotoga thermarum (Windberger et al. 1992) Bhandari and Gupta 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Thermotogaceae Reysenbach 2002
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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