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

Type species: Thermothrix thiopara 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 in some sources as: "Thennothrix"; "Thermotrix"; "Therrnothrix"; "Thevmothrix".

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 Caldwell et al. 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Thermothrix thioparus" Caldwell et al. 1976	not validly published

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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