Name: Thermotoga Stetter and Huber 1986

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

• Emendations:
  • Bhandari and Gupta 2014 Bhandari V, Gupta RS. Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:143-168. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 20. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2191-2192.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 4 species from the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Thermotogae Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Class I. Thermotogae class. 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. 369-387.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Thermotogaceae Reysenbach 2002. Publication: 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.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the kingdom Thermotogati Battistuzzi and Hedges 2024. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Thermotogales Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Order I. Thermotogales ord. 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. 369-387.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum Thermotogota Reysenbach 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the order Thermotogales Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Order I. Thermotogales ord. 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. 369-387.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Togobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this genus to the class "Thermotogia" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧕 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned this genus to the kingdom Thermotogati Battistuzzi and Hedges 2024. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this genus to the phylum Thermotogota Reysenbach 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Iermotoga"; "Theimotoga"; "Theivnotoga"; "Themotoga"; "Themtoga"; "Themtotoga"; "Themwtoga"; "Thenmotoga"; "Thennotoga"; "Thermatoga"; "Thermoroga"; "Thermotaga"; "Thermotoa"; "Thermotogu"; "Theromotoga"; "Thewnotoga"; "Thlinnotoga"; "Tkermotoga"; "Tlaermotoga".
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Stetter and Huber) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Huber et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 11; NBRC: 5; ATCC: 4; JCM: 3.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "TMTG" 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.
  • 🧍 The name Thermotoga must be attributed to Stetter and Huber 1986 (in Huber, Langworthy, König, Thomm, Woese, Sleytr and Stetter 1986) not to Huber et al. 1986 as cited in Validation List no. 22. Publication: Huber R, Stetter KO. Genus I. Thermotoga Stetter and Huber 1986, 575VP (Effective publication: Stetter and Hubber in Huber, Langworthy, König, Thomm, Woese, Sleytr and Stetter 1986, 332). In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 370-377.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    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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