Name: Thermoplasma acidophilum corrig. Darland et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ci.do’phi.lum. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. adj. acidus -a -um, sour; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. philon, friend; N.L. neut. adj. acidophilum, acid-loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: AMRC-C 165; ATCC 25905; DSM 1728; IFO 15155; JCM 9062; NBRC 15155

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M38637 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Darland G, Brock TD, Samsonoff W, Conti SF. A thermophilic, acidophilic mycoplasma isolated from a coal refuse pile. Science 1970; 170:1416-1418.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermoplasma acidophila Darland et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Emendations:
  • Segerer et al. 1988 Segerer A, Langworthy TA, Stetter KO. Thermoplasma acidophilum and Thermoplasma volcanium sp. nov. from solfatara fields. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:161-171.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2020-09-22 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermoplasma Darland et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Darland G, Brock TD, Samsonoff W, Conti SF. A thermophilic, acidophilic mycoplasma isolated from a coal refuse pile. Science 1970; 170:1416-1418.
  • 😷 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 447 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thermoplasma Darland et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Darland G, Brock TD, Samsonoff W, Conti SF. A thermophilic, acidophilic mycoplasma isolated from a coal refuse pile. Science 1970; 170:1416-1418.

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Record number: 782620