Name: Thermofilum Zillig and Gierl 1983

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.fi.lum. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; L. neut. n. filum, thread, filament; N.L. neut. n. Thermofilum, filament existing in a hot environment

Gender: neuter (stem: Thermofil-)

Type species: Thermofilum pendens Zillig and Gierl 1983

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: 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

• Emendations:
  • Toshchakov et al. 2015 Toshchakov SV, Korzhenkov AA, Samarov NI, Mazunin IO, Mozhey OI, Shmyr IS, Derbikova KS, Taranov EA, Dominova IN, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, et al. Complete genome sequence of and proposal of Thermofilum uzonense sp. nov. a novel hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon and emended description of the genus Thermofilum. Stand Genomic Sci 2015; 10:122. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 24. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2469-2470.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Thermofilaceae Burggraf et al. 1997. Publication: Burggraf S, Huber H, Stetter KO. Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:657-660.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Thermofilales" Rinke et al. 2021. Publication: Rinke C, Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Davin AA, Waite DW, Whitman WB, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. A standardized archaeal taxonomy for the Genome Taxonomy Database. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:946-959.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Thermofilales 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.
  • 🧕 Zayulina et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the order Thermofilales 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Tbermofilum"; "Themofilum"; "Thennojilum"; "Thermoflum"; "Thermojilum"; "Therrnofilum".
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Zillig and Gierl) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Zillig et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; JCM: 3.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "TMFL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thermofilum adornatum Zayulina et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Thermofilum adornatus" Dominova et al. 2013	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Thermofilum pendens Zillig and Gierl 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermofilum uzonense Toshchakov et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thermofilaceae Burggraf et al. 1997

Assigned by: Burggraf S, Huber H, Stetter KO. Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:657-660.

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