Name: Thermonema Hudson et al. 1989

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Thermonema, a thermophilic thread

Gender: neuter (stem: Thermonemat-)

Type species: Thermonema lapsum Hudson et al. 1989

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hudson JA, Schofield KM, Morgan HW, Daniel RM. Thermonema lapsum gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic gliding bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:485-487.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Thermonemataceae Munoz et al. 2016. Publication: 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.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Flammeovirgaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the class Cytophagia Nakagawa 2012. Publication: Nakagawa Y. Class IV. Cytophagia class. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 370.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Themonema"; "Themzonema"; "Thermomena".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; ATCC: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "TMNM" 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thermonema lapsum Hudson et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermonema rossianum Nobre et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thermonemataceae Munoz et al. 2016

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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