Name: Rhodothermus Alfredsson et al. 1995

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Rho.do.ther.mus. Gr. neut. n. rhodon, the rose; Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. n. Rhodothermus, the red thermophile

Gender: masculine (stem: Rhodotherm-)

Type species: Rhodothermus marinus Alfredsson et al. 1995

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Alfredsson GA, Kristjansson JK, Hjorleifsdottir S, Stetter KO. Rhodothermus marinus gen. nov., a thermophilic, halophilic bacterium from submarine hot springs in Iceland. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1988; 134:299-306.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 53. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:418-419.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Rhodothermia Munoz et al. 2017. Publication: Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Rhodothermaceae Ludwig et al. 2012. Publication: Ludwig W, Euzéby J, Whitman WB. Family I. Rhodothermaceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 457.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Rhodothermales Munoz et al. 2017. Publication: Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Corrigendum to "Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov." [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 39 (5) (2016) 281-296]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:491-492.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Rhodothermales" Munoz et al. 2016. Publication: Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum Rhodothermota Munoz et al. 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Crenotrichaceae Hansgirg 1888 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this genus to the superclass "Rhodothermae" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧕 Munoz et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the class Rhodothermia Munoz et al. 2017. Publication: Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296.
  • 🧕 Munoz et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the order Rhodothermales Munoz et al. 2017. Publication: Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Corrigendum to "Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov." [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 39 (5) (2016) 281-296]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:491-492.
  • 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this genus to the phylum Rhodothermota Munoz et al. 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rhdothermus"; "Rhodotermus"; "Rhodotheimus"; "Rhodothemus"; "Rhodothennus"; "Rhodotherumus"; "Rhodothrmus"; "Rhodothurmus".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bowman JP, Hugo C, Nicholson A, Hahnke R, Lau EF, Holmes B, Sutcliffe I. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of aerobic Bacteroidota. Minutes of the online meeting 25 April 2023. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6144.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; JCM: 2; CGMCC: 1; ATCC: 1; CIP: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ROTM" 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: 3
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
    Rhodothermus bifroesti Bergsten et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodothermus marinus Alfredsson et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodothermus obamensis Sako et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Rhodothermus profundi Marteinsson et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Rhodothermaceae Ludwig et al. 2012

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Euzéby J, Whitman WB. Family I. Rhodothermaceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 457.

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