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Name: Thermodiscus Stetter 2003
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
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
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
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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Record number: 516792