Name: Thermoproteus Zillig and Stetter 1982

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; Gr. masc. n. Prôteus, a mythical figure able to assume different forms; N.L. masc. n. Thermoproteus, the genus of thermophilic bacteria of various forms

Gender: masculine (stem: Thermoprote-)

Type species: Thermoproteus tenax Zillig and Stetter 1982

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zillig W, Stetter KO, Schäfer W, Janekovic D, Wunderl S, Holz I, Palm P. Thermoproteales: a novel type of extremely thermoacidophilic anaerobic archaebacteria isolated from Icelandic solfataras. Zentralbl. Mikrobiol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1981; C2:205-227.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Thermoprotei Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Class I. Thermoprotei 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. 169-210.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Thermoproteaceae Zillig and Stetter 1982. Publication: Zillig W, Stetter KO, Schilfer W, Janekovic D, Wunderl S, Holz I, Palm P. Thermoproteales: a novel type of extremely thermoacidophilic anaerobic archaebacteria isolated from Icelandic solfataras. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. C 1981; 2:205-227.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the kingdom Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 2024. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Thermoproteales Zillig and Stetter 1982. Publication: Zillig W, Stetter KO, Schilfer W, Janekovic D, Wunderl S, Holz I, Palm P. Thermoproteales: a novel type of extremely thermoacidophilic anaerobic archaebacteria isolated from Icelandic solfataras. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. C 1981; 2:205-227.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🧕 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned this genus to the kingdom Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 2024. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this genus to the phylum Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🧕 Woese et al. (1990) assigned this genus to the kingdom "Crenarchaeota" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4576-4579.
  • 🧕 Zillig et al. (1981) assigned this genus to the order Thermoproteales Zillig and Stetter 1982. Publication: Zillig W, Stetter KO, Schäfer W, Janekovic D, Wunderl S, Holz I, Palm P. Thermoproteales: a novel type of extremely thermoacidophilic anaerobic archaebacteria isolated from Icelandic solfataras. Zentralbl. Mikrobiol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1981; C2:205-227.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Tbermoproteus"; "Themoproteus"; "Thennoproteus"; "Thermofrroteus"; "Thermoprofeus"; "Thermoproleus"; "Thermoproteiis"; "Thernoproteus"; "Therraoproteus"; "Yhermoproteus".
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Zillig and Stetter) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Zillig et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 3; DSM: 3; NBRC: 2; ATCC: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "TMPR" 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.
  • 🧍 Complete authorship reads: Zillig and Stetter 1982 in Zillig, Stetter, Schäfer, Janekovic, Wunderl, Holz and Palm 1981.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thermoproteus neutrophilus Stetter and Zillig 1989	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Thermoproteus tenax Zillig and Stetter 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoproteus thermophilus Yim et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Thermoproteus uzoniensis" Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 1990	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Thermoproteaceae Zillig and Stetter 1982

Assigned by: Zillig W, Stetter KO, Schäfer W, Janekovic D, Wunderl S, Holz I, Palm P. Thermoproteales: a novel type of extremely thermoacidophilic anaerobic archaebacteria isolated from Icelandic solfataras. Zentralbl. Mikrobiol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1981; C2:205-227.

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