Name DOI
10.1601/nm.519
Name
 Brock and Freeze 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Nobre et al. 1996
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
Brock and Freeze 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Nobre et al. 1996
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
genus
Nomenclatural Type
(designated species)
 Brock and Freeze 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. García-López et al. 2019
Taxonomy
Proper Form
Thermus Brock and Freeze 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Nobre et al. 1996
Nomenclatural History
The genus Thermus was originally proposed by Brock and Freeze 1969. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. Nobre et al. published an emended description of this genus in 1996.
Citation
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Name Abstract for Thermus Brock and Freeze 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Nobre et al. 1996.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.519.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on October 25, 2018.

References

  1. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
  2. Nobre MF, Trüper HG, da Costa MS. Transfer of Thermus ruber (Loginova et al. 1984), Thermus silvanus (Tenreiro et al. 1995), and Thermus chliarophilus (Tenreiro et al. 1995) to Meiothermus gen. nov. as Meiothermus ruber comb. nov., Meiothermus silvanus comb. nov., and Meiothermus chliarophilus comb. nov., respectively, and emendation of the genus Thermus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:604-606. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-46-2-604.
  3. Brock TD, Freeze H. Thermus aquaticus gen. n. and sp. n., a nonsporulating extreme thermophile. J Bacteriol 1969; 98:289-297. [PubMed].