Name: Thermoplasma Darland et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.plas’ma. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; Gr. neut. n. plasma, something formed or molded, a form; N.L. neut. n. Thermoplasma, the heat (loving) form

Gender: neuter (stem: Thermoplasmat-)

Type species: Thermoplasma acidophilum corrig. Darland et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Darland G, Brock TD, Samsonoff W, Conti SF. A thermophilic, acidophilic mycoplasma isolated from a coal refuse pile. Science 1970; 170:1416-1418.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Segerer et al. 1988 Segerer A, Langworthy TA, Stetter KO. Thermoplasma acidophilum and Thermoplasma volcanium sp. nov. from solfatara fields. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:161-171.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
    • As of 2020-09-22 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the class Thermoplasmata Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Class IV. Thermoplasmata class. 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. 335-340.
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Thermoplasmataceae Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Family I. Thermoplasmataceae fam. 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. 335-339.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Thermoplasmatales Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Order I. Thermoplasmatales ord. 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. 335-340.
  • Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Archaebacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this genus to the infraphylum "Eurytherma" Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Picrophilea Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Tbermoplasma"; "Themplasma"; "Thennoplasma"; "Thermoptasma"; "Therrnoplasma"; "Therrnoplasrna".
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Firrao G, Brown DR. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Mollicutes: Minutes of the meetings, July 15th and 19th 2012, Toulouse, France. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2361-2364.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: IFO: 3; DSM: 3; JCM: 3; NBRC: 3; ATCC: 3.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "TMPL" 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.
  • This name was mentioned in a Request for an Opinion. Publication: Goker M. Solving the remaining problems with names of classes. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5605.

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: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thermoplasma acidophila Darland et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Thermoplasma acidophilum corrig. Darland et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Thermoplasma thiooxidans" Li et al. 1994	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Thermoplasma volcanium Segerer et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thermoplasmataceae Reysenbach 2002

Assigned by: Reysenbach A-L. Family I. Thermoplasmataceae fam. 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. 335-339.

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