Name: Thermoanaerobacterium Lee et al. 1993

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.a.nae.ro.bac.te.ri.um. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. pref. an-, not (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Thermoanaerobacterium, a rod which grows in the absence of air at high temperatures

Gender: neuter (stem: Thermoanaerobacteri-)

Type species: Thermoanaerobacterium thermosulfurigenes (Schink and Zeikus 1983) Lee et al. 1993

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee YE, Jain MK, Lee C, Lowe SE, Zeikus JG. Taxonomic distinction of saccharolytic thermophilic anaerobes: description of Thermoanaerobacterium xylanolyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., and Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum gen. nov., sp. nov.; reclassification of Thermoanaerobium brockii, Clostridium thermosulfurogenes, and Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum E100-69 as Thermoanaerobacter brockii comb. nov., Thermoanaerobacterium thermosulfurigenes comb. nov., and Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus comb. nov., respectively; and transfer of Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum 39E to Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:41-51.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Liu et al. 1996 Liu SY, Rainey FA, Morgan HW, Mayer F, Wiegel J. Thermoanaerobacterium aotearoense sp. nov., a slightly acidophilic, anaerobic thermophile isolated from various hot springs in New Zealand, and emendation of the genus Thermoanaerobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:388-396. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus. — The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
  • Cann et al. 2001 Cann IK, Stroot PG, Mackie KR, White BA, Mackie RI. Characterization of two novel saccharolytic, anaerobic thermophiles, Thermoanaerobacterium polysaccharolyticum sp. nov. and Thermoanaerobacterium zeae sp. nov., and emendation of the genus Thermoanaerobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:293-302. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Thermoanaerobacteriaceae". 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.
  • Lee et al. (1993) assigned this genus to the order "Thermoanaerobacterales". Publication: Lee YE, Jain MK, Lee C, Lowe SE, Zeikus JG. Taxonomic distinction of saccharolytic thermophilic anaerobes: description of Thermoanaerobacterium xylanolyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., and Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum gen. nov., sp. nov.; reclassification of Thermoanaerobium brockii, Clostridium thermosulfurogenes, and Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum E100-69 as Thermoanaerobacter brockii comb. nov., Thermoanaerobacterium thermosulfurigenes comb. nov., and Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus comb. nov., respectively; and transfer of Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum 39E to Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:41-51.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Schink B, Zeikus JG. Clostridium thermosulfurogenes sp. nov., a new thermophile that produces elemental sulfur from thiosulfate. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983; 129:1149-1158.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Themoanaerobacterium"; "Themwanaembacterium"; "Thennoanaerobacterium"; "Thermoacnaerobacterium"; "Thermoanaerobactenum"; "Thermoanaerohacterium"; "Thermoananerobacterium"; "Thermoanerobacterium"; "Thermounaerobacterium". — This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Thermoanaerobacteria".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 11; ATCC: 8; JCM: 1; VKM: 1; LMG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 13

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thermoanaerobacterium aciditolerans Kublanov et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoanaerobacterium aotearoense Liu et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoanaerobacterium butyriciformans López et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Thermoanaerobacterium calidifontis" Shang et al. 2013	not validly published
    Thermoanaerobacterium polysaccharolyticum Cann et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum Lee et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum (McClung 1935) Collins et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoanaerobacterium thermostercoris corrig. Romano et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoanaerobacterium thermostercus Romano et al. 2011	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Thermoanaerobacterium thermosulfurigenes (Schink and Zeikus 1983) Lee et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Thermoanaerobacterium thermosulfurogenes" Haldrup et al. 1998	not validly published
    Thermoanaerobacterium xylanolyticum Lee et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoanaerobacterium zeae Cann et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacteraceae Wiegel 2010

Assigned by: Shang SM, Qian L, Zhang X, Li KZ, Chagan I. Themoanaerobacterium calidifontis sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, thermophilic, ethanol-producing bacterium from hot springs in China. Arch Microbiol 2013; 195:439-445.

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