Name: "Thermobacterium" Buchanan 1918

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Gender: neuter (stem: Thermobacteri-)

Original publication: Buchanan RE. Studies in the Nomenclature and Classification of the Bacteria: V. Subgroups and Genera of the Bacteriaceae. J Bacteriol 1918; 3:27-61.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

• Notes:
  • Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe "Mycobacterieae". Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • Orla-Jensen (1921) assigned this genus to the order "Peritrichinales" Orla-Jensen 1921. Publication: Orla-Jensen S. The Main Lines of the Natural Bacterial System. J Bacteriol 1921; 6:263-273.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Tbermobacterium"; "Termobacterium"; "Termobacterlum"; "Termobakterium"; "Termobaoterium"; "Termubacterium"; "Thennobacterium"; "Thermabacterium"; "Thermobaclcrium"; "Thermobaclerium"; "Thermobacmrium"; "Thermobacteriimi"; "Thermohacterium"; "Tliermobacterium".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 6; DSM: 5; CCUG: 4; CIP: 4; JCM: 4; ATCC: 4; NRRL: 3; NBRC: 3; IFO: 2; VKM: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "TMBT" 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: 0
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Thermobacterium bulgaricum" Orla-Jensen 1919	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Thermobacterium helveticum" Orla-Jensen 1919	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Thermobacterium lactis" Orla-Jensen 1919	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Thermobacterium mobile" Lindner 1928	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Parent taxon: Lactobacillaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sneath PHA, Mair NS, Sharpe ME, Holt JG. Editorial Note. In: Sneath PHA, Mair NS, Sharpe ME, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 2, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1986, p. 1141-1142.

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Record number: 1743