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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Infirmifilum lucidum

Name: Infirmifilum lucidum Zayulina et al. 2024

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

Pronunciation, gender: LU-ki-dum, neuter

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 217. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6275.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Infirmifilum Zayulina et al. 2024

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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Record number: 49262
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