Genus Thermodesulforhabdus

Name: Thermodesulforhabdus Beeder et al. 1996

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.de.sul.fo.rhab’dus. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, warm, hot; L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating (prefix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing procaryote) (in compound words); Gr. fem. n. rhabdos, rod; N.L. fem. n. Thermodesulforhabdus, thermophilic, rod-shaped, sulfate reducer

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Thermodesulforhabd-), ther-mo-de-sul-fo-RHAB-dus

Type species: Thermodesulforhabdus norvegica corrig. Beeder et al. 1996

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Beeder J, Torsvik T, Lien T. Thermodesulforhabdus norvegicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from oil field water. Arch Microbiol 1995; 164:331-336. 🇳🇴

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 57. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:625-626.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

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: 2

Parent taxon: Thermodesulforhabdaceae Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿

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Record number: 517136
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