Name: Thermothrix Caldwell et al. 1981

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Thermothrix, hot hair

Gender: feminine (stem: Thermotrich-)

Type species: Thermothrix thiopara corrig. Caldwell et al. 1981

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Caldwell DE, Caldwell SJ, Laycock JP. Thermothrix thioparus gen. et sp. nov. a facultatively anaerobic facultative chemolithotroph living at neutral pH and high temperature. Can J Microbiol 1976; 22:1509-1517.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 6. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:215-218.

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: "Themothrix"; "Themzothrix"; "Thennothrix"; "Thermotrix"; "Therrnothrix"; "Thevmothrix"; "Tlrermotlrrix".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 3.
  • 🧍 It seems that all the strains of this genus have been lost from collections. Researchers who worked on them have been asked and the strains cannot be found in laboratories to resubmit them. — Boden R. Personal communication, 2024-06-18.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "TMTX" 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.

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thermothrix azorensis Odintsova et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermothrix thiopara corrig. Caldwell et al. 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermothrix thioparus Caldwell et al. 1981	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Burkholderiaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Burkholderiaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 575.

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