Thermomicrobium

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Thermomicrobium

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Thermomicrobium Jackson et al. 1973, genus. (Type genus of the order ¤ Thermomicrobiales Garrity and Holt 2002; type genus of the family ¤ Thermomicrobiaceae Garrity and Holt 2002).
Type species: ¤ Thermomicrobium roseum Jackson et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. thermê, heat; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Thermomicrobium, indicates a small organism living in hot environments.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [JACKSON (T.J.), RAMALEY (R.F.) and MEINSCHEIN (W.G.): Thermomicrobium, a new genus of extremely thermophilic bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1973, 23, 28-36.]

Thermomicrobium fosteri Phillips and Perry 1976, species.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain PTA-1 = ATCC 29033 re-deposited as ATCC 35268.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ458464.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. fosteri, of Foster, named for Jackson W. Foster.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [PHILLIPS Jr. (W.E.) and PERRY (J.J.): Thermomicrobium fosteri sp. nov., a hydro-carbon-utilizing obligate thermophile. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1976, 26, 220-225.]

Note: Strain ATCC 29033 was deposited as Thermomicrobium fosteri. Later correspondence with the depositor indicated that it was a mixed culture and the purified strain was re-deposited as ATCC 35268.
Reference: TANG (J.): Personal communication (December 20, 2001).

---> ¤ Thermoleophilum minutum Zarilla and Perry 1986.

Note: Thermomicrobium fosteri, represented by ATCC strain 35268, possesses a typical peptidoglycan and therefore differs from Thermomicrobium roseum [1]. Strain ATCC 35268 is presently assigned to the species Thermoleophilum minutum [2].
References:
1 PERRY (J.J.): Genus Thermomicrobium Jackson, Ramaley amd Meinschein 1973, 34^AL. In: N.R. KRIEG and J.G. HOLT (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, pp. 338-339.
2 ZARILLA (K.A.) and PERRY (J.J.): Deoxyribonucleic acid homology and other comparisons among obligately thermophilic hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria, with a proposal for Thermoleophilum minutum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 13-16.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Thermomicrobium roseum Jackson et al. 1973, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 27502 = DSM 5159.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: M34115.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. roseum, rose-colored, rosy.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [JACKSON (T.J.), RAMALEY (R.F.) and MEINSCHEIN (W.G.): Thermomicrobium, a new genus of extremely thermophilic bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1973, 23, 28-36.]