Name: Thermobifida Zhang et al. 1998

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.bi.fi.da. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; L. masc. adj. bifidus, cleft; N.L. fem. n. Thermobifida, the heat(-loving) cleft (sporophores)

Gender: feminine (stem: Thermobifid-)

Type species: Thermobifida alba (Locci et al. 1967) Zhang et al. 1998

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang Z, Wang Y, Ruan J. Reclassification of Thermomonospora and Microtetraspora. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:411-422.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Yang et al. 2008 Yang LL, Tang SK, Zhang YQ, Zhi XY, Wang D, Xu LH, Li WJ. Thermobifida halotolerans sp. nov., isolated from a salt mine sample, and emended description of the genus Thermobifida. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1821-1825. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2473-2474.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Thermomonospora Henssen 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Cross T, Goodfellow M. Taxonomy and classification of the actinomycetes. In: Sykes G, Skinner FA (eds), Actinomycetales, Characteristics and Practical Importance, Academic Press, London, 1973, p. 11-112.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Thermomonospora Henssen 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Nonomura H, Ohara Y. A new species of actinomycetes, Thermomonospora mesouviformis sp. nov. Journal of Fermentation Technology 1974; 52:10-13.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Actinobifida" Krassilnikov and Agre 1964. Publication: Locci R, Baldacci E, Petrolini Baldan B. Contribution to the study of oligosporic actinomycetes. I. Description of a new species of Actinobifida: Actinobifida alba sp. nov. and revision of the genus. Giornale di Microbiologia 1967; 15:79-91.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Thennobifida"; "Thermobifda"; "Thermobijida"; "Thermomobifida".
  • The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; JCM: 4; IFO: 2; NBRC: 2; ATCC: 1; CIP: 1; NCIMB: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thermobifida alba (Locci et al. 1967) Zhang et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermobifida cellulolytica Kukolya et al. 2002	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Thermobifida cellulosilytica corrig. Kukolya et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermobifida fusca (McCarthy and Cross 1984) Zhang et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermobifida halotolerans Yang et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Nocardiopsidaceae corrig. Rainey et al. 1996

Assigned by: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.

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