Name: Thermoanaerobium Zeikus et al. 1983

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.a.nae.ro.bi.um. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. pref. an-, not (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Thermoanaerobium, organism which grows in the absence of air at elevated temperatures

Gender: neuter (stem: Thermoanaerobi-)

Type species: Thermoanaerobium brockii Zeikus et al. 1983

Effective publication: Zeikus JG, Hegge PW, Anderson MA. Thermoanaerobium brockii gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new chemoorganotrophic, caldoactive, anaerobic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1979; 122:41-48.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 11. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:672-674.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thermoanaerobacter Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermoanaerobacter Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Acetogenium Leigh and Wolfe 1983	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thermobacteroides Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1983	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Thermoanaerobacter Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982. 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Themzoanaerobium"; "Thennoanaerobium"; "Tlhermoanaerobiurm"; "Tnermoanaerobium"; "Yhermoanaerobium".
  • ❗ Thermoanaerobium is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 3; DSM: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "TMAN" 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: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thermoanaerobium acetigenum Nielsen et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Thermoanaerobium brockii Zeikus et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Thermoanaerobium lactoethylicum" Kondratieva et al. 1989	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacteraceae Wiegel 2010

Assigned by: Wiegel J. Family I. Thermoanaerobacteraceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 1225.

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