Name: Ferroplasma Golyshina et al. 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fer.ro.plas’ma. N.L. pref. ferro-, pertaining to ferrous iron (keeps -o); Gr. neut. n. plasma, something shaped or moulded; N.L. neut. n. Ferroplasma, a ferrous-iron-oxidizing form

Gender: neuter (stem: Ferroplasmat-)

Type species: Ferroplasma acidiphilum Golyshina et al. 2000

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Golyshina OV, Pivovarova TA, Karavaiko GI, Kondrateva TF, Moore ER, Abraham WR, Lunsdorf H, Timmis KN, Yakimov MM, Golyshin PN. Ferroplasma acidiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., an acidophilic, autotrophic, ferrous-iron-oxidizing, cell-wall-lacking, mesophilic member of the Ferroplasmaceae fam. nov., comprising a distinct lineage of the Archaea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:997-1006.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Hawkes et al. 2006 Hawkes RB, Franzmann PD, O'Hara G, Plumb JJ. Ferroplasma cupricumulans sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, acidophilic archaeon isolated from an industrial-scale chalcocite bioleach heap. Extremophiles 2006; 10:525-530. Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 7. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:5.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Ferroplasmaceae Golyshina et al. 2000. Publication: Golyshina OV, Pivovarova TA, Karavaiko GI, Kondrateva TF, Moore ER, Abraham WR, Lunsdorf H, Timmis KN, Yakimov MM, Golyshin PN. Ferroplasma acidiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., an acidophilic, autotrophic, ferrous-iron-oxidizing, cell-wall-lacking, mesophilic member of the Ferroplasmaceae fam. nov., comprising a distinct lineage of the Archaea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:997-1006.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Ferroplasmataceae corrig. Golyshina et al. 2000. Publication: Golyshina OV, Pivovarova TA, Karavaiko GI, Kondrateva TF, Moore ER, Abraham WR, Lunsdorf H, Timmis KN, Yakimov MM, Golyshin PN. Ferroplasma acidiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., an acidophilic, autotrophic, ferrous-iron-oxidizing, cell-wall-lacking, mesophilic member of the Ferroplasmaceae fam. nov., comprising a distinct lineage of the Archaea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:997-1006.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Picrophilea Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ferrroplasma".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; DSM: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Ferroplasma acidarmanus" Edwards et al. 2000	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    "Ferroplasma acidarmanus" Dopson et al. 2004	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Ferroplasma acidiphilum Golyshina et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ferroplasma cupricumulans Hawkes et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Ferroplasma thermophilum" Zhou et al. 2008	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Ferroplasmataceae corrig. Golyshina et al. 2000

Assigned by: Golyshina OV, Pivovarova TA, Karavaiko GI, Kondrateva TF, Moore ER, Abraham WR, Lunsdorf H, Timmis KN, Yakimov MM, Golyshin PN. Ferroplasma acidiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., an acidophilic, autotrophic, ferrous-iron-oxidizing, cell-wall-lacking, mesophilic member of the Ferroplasmaceae fam. nov., comprising a distinct lineage of the Archaea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:997-1006.

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