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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• 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.
  • 🧕 Sneath et al. (1986) assigned this genus to the family Lactobacillaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Tbermobacterium"; "Termobacterium"; "Termobacterlum"; "Termobakterium"; "Termobaoterium"; "Termubacterium"; "Thennobacterium"; "Thermabacterium"; "Thermobaclcrium"; "Thermobaclerium"; "Thermobacmrium"; "Thermobacteriimi"; "Thermohacterium"; "Tliermobacterium".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Thermobacterium Chen et al. 2023.
  • 🧍 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	synonym (and no standing)
    "Thermobacterium helveticum" Orla-Jensen 1919	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym (and no standing)
    "Thermobacterium lactis" Orla-Jensen 1919	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym (and no standing)
    "Thermobacterium mobile" Lindner 1928	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym (and no standing)

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Record number: 1743