Etymology:Gr. fem. adj.thermê, heat; Gr. masc. n.Prôteus, a mythical figure able to assume different forms; N.L. masc. n.Thermoproteus, the genus of thermophilic bacteria of various forms
Effective publication:
Zillig W, Stetter KO, Schäfer W, Janekovic D, Wunderl S, Holz I, Palm P. Thermoproteales: a novel type of extremely thermoacidophilic anaerobic archaebacteria isolated from Icelandic solfataras. Zentralbl. Mikrobiol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1981; C2:205-227.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Thermoprotei Reysenbach 2002.Publication:
Reysenbach A-L. Class I. Thermoprotei class. 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. 169-210.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Thermoproteaceae Zillig and Stetter 1982.Publication:
Zillig W, Stetter KO, Schilfer W, Janekovic D, Wunderl S, Holz I, Palm P. Thermoproteales: a novel type of extremely thermoacidophilic anaerobic archaebacteria isolated from Icelandic solfataras. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. C 1981; 2:205-227.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the kingdom Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 2024.Publication:
Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Thermoproteales Zillig and Stetter 1982.Publication:
Zillig W, Stetter KO, Schilfer W, Janekovic D, Wunderl S, Holz I, Palm P. Thermoproteales: a novel type of extremely thermoacidophilic anaerobic archaebacteria isolated from Icelandic solfataras. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. C 1981; 2:205-227.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021.Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
🧕 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned this genus to the kingdom Thermoproteati Guy and Ettema 2024.Publication:
Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this genus to the phylum Thermoproteota Garrity and Holt 2021.Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
🧕 Woese et al. (1990) assigned this genus to the kingdom "Crenarchaeota" Woese et al. 1990.Publication:
Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4576-4579.
🧕 Zillig et al. (1981) assigned this genus to the order Thermoproteales Zillig and Stetter 1982.Publication:
Zillig W, Stetter KO, Schäfer W, Janekovic D, Wunderl S, Holz I, Palm P. Thermoproteales: a novel type of extremely thermoacidophilic anaerobic archaebacteria isolated from Icelandic solfataras. Zentralbl. Mikrobiol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1981; C2:205-227.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Tbermoproteus"; "Themoproteus"; "Thennoproteus"; "Thermofrroteus"; "Thermoprofeus"; "Thermoproleus"; "Thermoproteiis"; "Thernoproteus"; "Therraoproteus"; "Yhermoproteus".
✏ The authority of the taxon name (Zillig and Stetter) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Zillig et al.).
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; JCM: 3; NBRC: 2; ATCC: 2.
🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "TMPR" 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.
🧍 Complete authorship reads: Zillig and Stetter 1982 in Zillig, Stetter, Schäfer, Janekovic, Wunderl, Holz and Palm 1981.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3 Total number of child taxa: 4