Name: Thermofilum pendens Zillig and Gierl 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pen.dens. L. part. adj. pendens, depending (growth depends on a factor from Thermoproteus species)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 2475; Hvv3

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16S rRNA gene: X14835 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zillig W, Gierl A, Schreiber G, Wunderl S, Janekovic D, Stetter KO, Klenk HP. The Archaebacterium Thermofilum pendens Represents, a Novel Genus of the Thermophilic, Anaerobic Sulfur Respiring Thermoproteales. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:79-87.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 11. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:672-674.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermofilum Zillig and Gierl 1983. Publication: Zillig W, Gierl A, Schreiber G, Wunderl S, Janekovic D, Stetter KO, Klenk HP. The Archaebacterium Thermofilum pendens Represents, a Novel Genus of the Thermophilic, Anaerobic Sulfur Respiring Thermoproteales. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:79-87.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Zillig and Gierl) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Zillig et al.).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 15 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thermofilum Zillig and Gierl 1983

Assigned by: Zillig W, Gierl A, Schreiber G, Wunderl S, Janekovic D, Stetter KO, Klenk HP. The Archaebacterium Thermofilum pendens Represents, a Novel Genus of the Thermophilic, Anaerobic Sulfur Respiring Thermoproteales. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:79-87.

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Record number: 782596