Name: Thermoflexus Dodsworth et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.fle’xus. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; L. masc. perf. part. flexus, curved; from L. v. flecto, to bend, to curve; N.L. masc. n. Thermoflexus, the hot, curved one

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Thermoflex-), t^her-mo-FLE-ksus

Type species: Thermoflexus hugenholtzii Dodsworth et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dodsworth JA, Gevorkian J, Despujos F, Cole JK, Murugapiran SK, Ming H, Li WJ, Zhang G, Dohnalkova A, Hedlund BP. Thermoflexus hugenholtzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, microaerophilic, filamentous bacterium representing a novel class in the Chloroflexi, Thermoflexia classis nov., and description of Thermoflexaceae fam. nov. and Thermoflexales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2119-2127. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2930-2931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Thermoflexia Dodsworth et al. 2014. Publication: Dodsworth JA, Gevorkian J, Despujos F, Cole JK, Murugapiran SK, Ming H, Li WJ, Zhang G, Dohnalkova A, Hedlund BP. Thermoflexus hugenholtzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, microaerophilic, filamentous bacterium representing a novel class in the Chloroflexi, Thermoflexia classis nov., and description of Thermoflexaceae fam. nov. and Thermoflexales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2119-2127. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Thermoflexaceae Dodsworth et al. 2014. Publication: Dodsworth JA, Gevorkian J, Despujos F, Cole JK, Murugapiran SK, Ming H, Li WJ, Zhang G, Dohnalkova A, Hedlund BP. Thermoflexus hugenholtzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, microaerophilic, filamentous bacterium representing a novel class in the Chloroflexi, Thermoflexia classis nov., and description of Thermoflexaceae fam. nov. and Thermoflexales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2119-2127. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Thermoflexales Dodsworth et al. 2014. Publication: Dodsworth JA, Gevorkian J, Despujos F, Cole JK, Murugapiran SK, Ming H, Li WJ, Zhang G, Dohnalkova A, Hedlund BP. Thermoflexus hugenholtzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, microaerophilic, filamentous bacterium representing a novel class in the Chloroflexi, Thermoflexia classis nov., and description of Thermoflexaceae fam. nov. and Thermoflexales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2119-2127. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this genus to the class Thermoflexia Dodsworth et al. 2014. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 Dodsworth et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the class Thermoflexia Dodsworth et al. 2014. Publication: Dodsworth JA, Gevorkian J, Despujos F, Cole JK, Murugapiran SK, Ming H, Li WJ, Zhang G, Dohnalkova A, Hedlund BP. Thermoflexus hugenholtzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, microaerophilic, filamentous bacterium representing a novel class in the Chloroflexi, Thermoflexia classis nov., and description of Thermoflexaceae fam. nov. and Thermoflexales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2119-2127. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Dodsworth et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Thermoflexales Dodsworth et al. 2014. Publication: Dodsworth JA, Gevorkian J, Despujos F, Cole JK, Murugapiran SK, Ming H, Li WJ, Zhang G, Dohnalkova A, Hedlund BP. Thermoflexus hugenholtzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, microaerophilic, filamentous bacterium representing a novel class in the Chloroflexi, Thermoflexia classis nov., and description of Thermoflexaceae fam. nov. and Thermoflexales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2119-2127. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCTCC: 1; JCM: 1.

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: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thermoflexus hugenholtzii Dodsworth et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Thermoflexus japonica" Thomas et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Thermoflexus japonicus" corrig. Thomas et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Thermoflexus sinensis" Thomas et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Thermoflexus tengchongensis" Thomas et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Thermoflexaceae Dodsworth et al. 2014

Assigned by: Dodsworth JA, Gevorkian J, Despujos F, Cole JK, Murugapiran SK, Ming H, Li WJ, Zhang G, Dohnalkova A, Hedlund BP. Thermoflexus hugenholtzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, microaerophilic, filamentous bacterium representing a novel class in the Chloroflexi, Thermoflexia classis nov., and description of Thermoflexaceae fam. nov. and Thermoflexales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2119-2127. 🇺🇸

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