Name: Hephaestia Felföldi et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Heph.aes’ti.a. N.L. fem. n. Hephaestia, belonging to Hephaestus, named after Hephaestus (Hephaistos), the god of fire and metals, the protector of blacksmiths and craftsmen in Greek mythology, refers to the fact that the type strain was isolated from an activated sludge system treating the coke plant effluent of a steelworks

Gender: feminine (stem: Hephaesti-)

Type species: Hephaestia caeni Felföldi et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Felfoldi T, Vengring A, Marialigeti K, Andras J, Schumann P, Toth EM. Hephaestia caeni gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Sphingomonadaceae isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:738-744.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1827-1829.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; CGMCC: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Hephaestia caeni Felföldi et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hephaestia mangrovi Ma et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000

Assigned by: Felfoldi T, Vengring A, Marialigeti K, Andras J, Schumann P, Toth EM. Hephaestia caeni gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Sphingomonadaceae isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:738-744.

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Record number: 518512