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
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