Name: Thermosipho Huber et al. 1989

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.si.pho. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; L. masc. n. sipho, little pipe to suck drinks through, a tube; N.L. masc. n. Thermosipho, the hot tube, due to the sheath surrounding the bacteria

Gender: masculine (stem: Thermosiphon-)

Type species: Thermosipho africanus Huber et al. 1989

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Huber R, Woese CR, Langworthy TA, Fricke H, Stetter KO. Thermosipho africanus gen. nov., represents a new genus of thermophilic eubacteria within the “thermotogales.”. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 12:32-37.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Ravot et al. 1996 Ravot G, Ollivier B, Patel BKC, Magot M, Garcia JL. Emended description of Thermosipho africanus as a carbohydrate-fermenting species using thiosulfate as an electron acceptor. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:321-323. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:627.
  • Bhandari and Gupta 2014 Bhandari V, Gupta RS. Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:143-168. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 20. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2191-2192.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Thermotogaceae Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Reysenbach A-L. Family I. Thermotogaceae fam. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 370-387.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thennosipho"; "Therlmosipho"; "Thermusiphu".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Podosokorskaya et al. (2014). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 8; JCM: 3; VKM: 2; CIP: 2; MCCC: 1; NBRC: 1; KCTC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "TMSF" 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: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thermosipho activus Podosokorskaya et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermosipho affectus Podosokorskaya et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermosipho africanus Huber et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermosipho atlanticus Urios et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermosipho ferrireducens Chen et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermosipho geolei L'Haridon et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermosipho globiformans Kuwabara et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermosipho japonicus Takai and Horikoshi 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermosipho melanesiensis Antoine et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Fervidobacteriaceae Bhandari and Gupta 2014

Assigned by: Bhandari V, Gupta RS. Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:143-168.

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