Name: "Infirmifilum lucidum" Zayulina et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu’ci.dum. L. neut. adj. lucidum, transparent, see-through, during microscopy it is difficult to find the cells

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 3507LTT; KCTC 15797; VKM B-3376

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Original publication: Zayulina KS, Elcheninov AG, Toshchakov SV, Kochetkova TV, Novikov AA, Blamey JM, Kublanov IV. Novel hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Infirmifilum lucidum gen. nov. sp. nov., reclassification of Thermofilum uzonense as Infirmifilum uzonense comb. nov. and assignment of the family Thermofilaceae to the order Thermofilales ord. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126230.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Infirmifilum" Zayulina et al. 2021. Publication: Zayulina KS, Elcheninov AG, Toshchakov SV, Kochetkova TV, Novikov AA, Blamey JM, Kublanov IV. Novel hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Infirmifilum lucidum gen. nov. sp. nov., reclassification of Thermofilum uzonense as Infirmifilum uzonense comb. nov. and assignment of the family Thermofilaceae to the order Thermofilales ord. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126230.

Parent taxon: "Infirmifilum" Zayulina et al. 2021

Assigned by: Zayulina KS, Elcheninov AG, Toshchakov SV, Kochetkova TV, Novikov AA, Blamey JM, Kublanov IV. Novel hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Infirmifilum lucidum gen. nov. sp. nov., reclassification of Thermofilum uzonense as Infirmifilum uzonense comb. nov. and assignment of the family Thermofilaceae to the order Thermofilales ord. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126230.

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