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Genus Thermobrachium
Name: Thermobrachium Engle et al. 1996
Etymology: Ther.mo.bra.chi.um. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; L. neut. n. brachium, arm, branch; N.L. neut. n. Thermobrachium, referring to the branched cells observed frequently with this thermophilic bacterium
Gender: neuter (stem: Thermobrachi-)
Type species: Thermobrachium celere Engle et al. 1996
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Engle M, Li Y, Rainey F, DeBlois S, Mai V, Reichert A, Mayer F, Messner P, Wiegel J. Thermobrachium celere gen. nov., sp. nov., a rapidly growing thermophilic, alkalitolerant, and proteolytic obligate anaerobe. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1025-1033. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Caloramatoraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Caloramator Collins et al. 1994. Publication: Wiegel J. Family I. Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933, 90 AL. 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, volume 3, The Firmicutes, Springer, New York, 2009, p. 738-848.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Themobrachium"; "Thermobrnchium".
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00913 (N = 10).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; DSM: 1.
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Caloramatoraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Thermobrachium celere Engle et al. 1996 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Wiegel J. Family I. Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933, 90 AL. 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, volume 3, The Firmicutes, Springer, New York, 2009, p. 738-848.
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