Genus Thioprofundum

Name: Thioprofundum Takai et al. 2010

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.pro.fun’dum. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; L. masc. adj. profundus, deep; N.L. neut. n. Thioprofundum, sulfur oxidizer from deep sea

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Thioprofund-), t^hi-o-pro-FUN-dum

Type species: Thioprofundum lithotrophicum corrig. Takai et al. 2010

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Takai K, Miyazaki M, Hirayama H, Nakagawa S, Querellou J, Godfroy A. Isolation and physiological characterization of two novel, piezophilic, thermophilic chemolithoautotrophs from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Environ Microbiol 2009; 11:1983-1997. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 134. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1477-1479.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Thioprofundaceae Kojima et al. 2017. Publication: Kojima H, Watanabe M, Fukui M. Sulfurivermis fontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing autotroph, and proposal of Thioprofundaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3458-3461. 🇯🇵
  • 🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Thioalkalispiraceae Mori et al. 2011. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thioprofunndum".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; JCM: 2; NBRC: 1.

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
    Thioprofundum hispidum Mori et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thioprofundum lithotrophica Takai et al. 2010	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Thioprofundum lithotrophicum corrig. Takai et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thioprofundaceae Kojima et al. 2017

Assigned by: Kojima H, Watanabe M, Fukui M. Sulfurivermis fontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing autotroph, and proposal of Thioprofundaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3458-3461. 🇯🇵

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