Name: Thermosphaera Huber et al. 1998

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.sphae’ra. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Thermosphaera, the hot sphere

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Thermosphaer-), t^her-mo-SP^HA͡E-ra

Type species: Thermosphaera aggregans Huber et al. 1998

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Huber R, Dyba D, Huber H, Burggraf S, Rachel R. Sulfur-inhibited Thermosphaera aggregans sp. nov., a new genus of hyperthermophilic archaea isolated after its prediction from environmentally derived 16S rRNA sequences. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:31-38. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:629.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Tbermospbaera"; "Thennosphaera"; "Therrnosphaera".
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.16712 (N = 1).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thermosphaera aggregans Huber et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfurococcaceae Zillig and Stetter 1983

Assigned by: Huber R, Dyba D, Huber H, Burggraf S, Rachel R. Sulfur-inhibited Thermosphaera aggregans sp. nov., a new genus of hyperthermophilic archaea isolated after its prediction from environmentally derived 16S rRNA sequences. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:31-38. 🇩🇪

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