Thermonema

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

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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").

Thermonema Hudson et al. 1989, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thermonema lapsum Hudson et al. 1989.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. neut. n. nema, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Thermonema, a thermophilic thread.
Reference: HUDSON (J.A.), SCHOFIELD (K.M.), MORGAN (H.W.) and DANIEL (R.M.): Thermonema lapsum gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic gliding bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 485-487.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Thermonema lapsum Hudson et al. 1989, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 23/9 = ATCC 43542 = DSM 5718.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: HE582775.
Etymology: L. neut. part. adj. lapsum (from L. v. labor, to glide), gliding.
Reference: HUDSON (J.A.), SCHOFIELD (K.M.), MORGAN (H.W.) and DANIEL (R.M.): Thermonema lapsum gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic gliding bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 485-487.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Notes:
1 On page 487, the type strain is erroneously designated as ATCC 43532.
2 The etymology should be L. part. adj. lapsus a um (from L. v. labor, to glide), not L. n. (sic) lapsum (sic), glide.

Thermonema rossianum Nobre et al. 1997 (complete authorship reads: Nobre, Rainey and da Costa), sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain NR-27 = DSM 10300.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y08956.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. rossianum, pertaining to Rossi, in honor of Mosé Rossi, a Neapolitan biochemist.
Reference: TENREIRO (S.), NOBRE (M.F.), RAINEY (F.A.), MIGUEL (C.) and DA COSTA (M.S.): Thermonema rossianum sp. nov., a new thermophilic and slightly halophilic species from saline hot springs in Naples, Italy. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 122-126.
Original article in IJSEM Online