Name: Thermodiscus Stetter 2003

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.dis.cus. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; L. masc. n. discus, disc; N.L. masc. n. Thermodiscus, the hot disc

Gender: masculine (stem: Thermodisc-)

Type species: Thermodiscus maritimus Stetter 2003

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Stetter KO. Genus VII. Thermodiscus gen. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 189-190.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 89. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Desulfurococcaceae Zillig and Stetter 1983. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Themzodiscus"; "Thermodis"; "Therrnodiscus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "TMDS" 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: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Thermodiscus eudorianus" St-John and Reysenbach 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    Thermodiscus maritimus Stetter 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Thermodiscus maritimus" Segerer et al. 1985	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Acidilobaceae Prokofeva et al. 2009

Assigned by: St John E, Reysenbach AL. Genomic comparison of deep-sea hydrothermal genera related to Aeropyrum, Thermodiscus and Caldisphaera, and proposed emended description of the family Acidilobaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126507.

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