Name: Pyrobaculum Huber et al. 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Py.ro.ba.cu.lum. Gr. neut. n. pŷr, fire; L. neut. n. baculum, stick; N.L. neut. n. Pyrobaculum, the fire stick

Gender: neuter (stem: Pyrobacul-)

Type species: Pyrobaculum islandicum Huber et al. 1988

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Huber R, Kristjansson JK, Stetter KO. Pyrobaculum gen. nov., a new genus of neutrophilic, rod-shaped archaebacteria from continental solfataras growing optimally at 100°C. Arch. Microbiol. 1987; 149:95-101.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 25. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:220-222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Chan et al. 2013 Chan PP, Cozen AE, Lowe TM. Reclassification of Thermoproteus neutrophilus Stetter and Zillig 1989 as Pyrobaculum neutrophilum comb. nov. based on phylogenetic analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:751-754. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this genus to the subphylum "Sulfobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1986) Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ppobaculum"; "Pvrobaculum"; "Pycrobaculum"; "Pyrobacolum"; "Pyrobaculuum"; "Qrobaculum".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 9; JCM: 7; ATCC: 3; NBRC: 2; CIP: 1; VKM: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PYBM" 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: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pyrobaculum aerophilum Völkl et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyrobaculum arsenaticum Huber et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyrobaculum calidifontis Amo et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyrobaculum ferrireducens Slobodkina et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyrobaculum igneiluti Lee et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyrobaculum islandicum Huber et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyrobaculum neutrophilum (Stetter and Zillig 1989) Chan et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyrobaculum oguniense Sako et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyrobaculum organotrophum Huber et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thermoproteaceae Zillig and Stetter 1982

Assigned by: Burggraf S, Huber H, Stetter KO. Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:657-660.

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