Name: Heliobacterium Gest and Favinger 1985
Etymology: He.li.o.bac.te’ri.um. Gr. masc. n. hêlios, sun; Gr. neut. dim. n. baktêrion, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Heliobacterium, sun bacterium
Gender: neuter (stem: Heliobacteri-)
Type species: Heliobacterium chlorum Gest and Favinger 1985
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Gest H, Favinger JL. Heliobacterium chlorum, an anoxygenic brownish-green photosynthetic bacterium containing a “New” form of bacteriochlorophyll. Arch. Microbiol. 1983; 136:11-16.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 17. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:223-225.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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Heliobacillus Beer-Romero and Gest 1998 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 6
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Heliobacterium chlorum Gest and Favinger 1985 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Heliobacterium gestii Ormerod et al. 1996 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Heliobacterium mobile (Beer-Romero and Gest 1998) Kyndt et al. 2021 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Heliobacterium modesticaldum Kimble et al. 1996 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Heliobacterium sulfidophilum" Bryantseva et al. 2000 | not validly published | synonym (and no standing) |
Heliobacterium undosum Bryantseva et al. 2001 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Parent taxon: Heliobacteriaceae Madigan and Asao 2010
Assigned by: Madigan MT, Euzeby JP, Asao M. Proposal of Heliobacteriaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1709-1710.
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Record number: 517053