Name: Pyrodictium Stetter et al. 1984

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. neut. n. pŷr, fire; Gr. neut. n. diktyon, lattice-work, network; N.L. neut. n. Pyrodictium, fire-loving network

Gender: neuter (stem: Pyrodicti-)

Type species: Pyrodictium occultum Stetter et al. 1984

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Stetter KO, Konig H, Stackebrandt E. Pyrodictium gen. nov., a New Genus of Submarine Disc-Shaped Sulphur Reducing Archaebacteria Growing Optimally at 105 degrees C. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:535-551.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 14. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:270-271.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Pyrodictiaceae Burggraf et al. 1997. Publication: 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.
  • 🧕 Woese et al. (1990) assigned this genus to the kingdom "Crenarchaeota" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4576-4579.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Fyrodictium"; "Ppudictium"; "Pvrodictium"; "Pyrodicdum"; "Pyrodichum"; "Pyrodictizon"; "Pyrodictlum"; "Pyrodicttum"; "Pyrodyctium"; "Qrodictium".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; NBRC: 3; JCM: 3; ATCC: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PYDT" 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: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pyrodictium abyssi Pley and Stetter 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyrodictium brockii Stetter et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyrodictium delaneyi Lin et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyrodictium occultum Stetter et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Pyrodictiaceae Burggraf et al. 1997

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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