Name: Thermotoga Stetter and Huber 1986
Etymology: Ther.mo.to.ga. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; L. fem. n. toga, Roman outer garment; N.L. fem. n. Thermotoga, the hot outer garment
Gender: feminine (stem: Thermotog-)
Type species: Thermotoga maritima Stetter and Huber 1986
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Huber R, Langworthy TA, König H, Thomm M, Woese CR, Sleytr UB, Stetter KO. Thermotoga maritima sp. nov. represents a new genus of unique extremely thermophilic eubacteria growing up to 90°C. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 144:324-333.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 22. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:573-576.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 11
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Thermotoga caldifontis Mori et al. 2014 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Thermotoga elfii Ravot et al. 1995 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Thermotoga hypogea Fardeau et al. 1997 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Thermotoga lettingae Balk et al. 2002 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Thermotoga maritima Stetter and Huber 1986 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Thermotoga naphthophila Takahata et al. 2001 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Thermotoga neapolitana Jannasch et al. 1989 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Thermotoga petrophila Takahata et al. 2001 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Thermotoga profunda Mori et al. 2014 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Thermotoga subterranea Jeanthon et al. 2000 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Thermotoga thermarum Windberger et al. 1992 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Parent taxon: Thermotogaceae Reysenbach 2002
Assigned by: Reysenbach A-L. Family I. Thermotogaceae fam. 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. 370-387.
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