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Genus Thermoflavifilum
Name: Thermoflavifilum Anders et al. 2014
Etymology: Ther’mo.fla.vi.fi.lum. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow; L. neut. n. filum, thread, filament; N.L. neut. n. Thermoflavifilum, a thermophilic yellow-pigmented filament
Gender: neuter (stem: Thermoflavifil-)
Type species: Thermoflavifilum aggregans Anders et al. 2014
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Anders H, Dunfield PF, Lagutin K, Houghton KM, Power JF, Mackenzie AD, Vyssotski M, Ryan JL, Hanssen EG, Moreau JW, et al. Thermoflavifilum aggregans gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic and slightly halophilic filamentous bacterium from the phylum Bacteroidetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1264-1270. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2188-2190.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Crenotalea Hanada et al. 2014 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thermoflavfilum".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; JCM: 1; ICMP: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Thermoflavifilum aggregans Anders et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name Thermoflavifilum thermophilum (Hanada et al. 2014) García-López et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Chitinophagaceae Kämpfer et al. 2011
Assigned by:
Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296.
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Record number: 518519
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