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
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
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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