Name: Thermospira Gam et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.spi’ra. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. fem. n. speîra, coil, spire; N.L. fem. n. Thermospira, a hot spiral

Gender: feminine (stem: Thermospir-)

Type species: Thermospira aquatica Gam et al. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gam ZBA, Thioye A, Cayol J-L, Postec A, Bartoli-Joseph M, Vandecasteele C, Erauso G, Labat M. Thermospira aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic spirochete isolated from a Tunisian hot spring, and description of the novel family Thermospiraceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2023; 73:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5835.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Thermospiraceae Gam et al. 2023. Publication: Gam ZBA, Thioye A, Cayol J-L, Postec A, Bartoli-Joseph M, Vandecasteele C, Erauso G, Labat M. Thermospira aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic spirochete isolated from a Tunisian hot spring, and description of the novel family Thermospiraceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2023; 73:0.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; 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
    Thermospira aquatica Gam et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thermospiraceae Gam et al. 2023

Assigned by: Gam ZBA, Thioye A, Cayol J-L, Postec A, Bartoli-Joseph M, Vandecasteele C, Erauso G, Labat M. Thermospira aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic spirochete isolated from a Tunisian hot spring, and description of the novel family Thermospiraceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2023; 73:0.

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