Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.459

Name

Thermotoga Huber et al. 1986 emend. Bhandari and Gupta 2014

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Thermotogaceae Reysenbach 2002 emend. Bhandari and Gupta 2014

Members

species	Thermotoga maritima Huber et al. 1986
species	Thermotoga caldifontis Mori et al. 2014
species	Thermotoga elfii Ravot et al. 1995
species	Thermotoga hypogea Fardeau et al. 1997
species	Thermotoga lettingae Balk et al. 2002
species	Thermotoga naphthophila Takahata et al. 2001
species	Thermotoga neapolitana Jannasch et al. 1989
species	Thermotoga petrophila Takahata et al. 2001
species	Thermotoga profunda Mori et al. 2014
species	Thermotoga subterranea Jeanthon et al. 2000
species	Thermotoga thermarum Windberger et al. 1992
species	Thermotoga sp. None 2015

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Thermotogota corrig. Reysenbach 2021
class Thermotogae Reysenbach 2002 emend. Bhandari and Gupta 2014 non Thermotogae Reysenbach 2021
order Thermotogales Reysenbach 2002 emend. Bhandari and Gupta 2014
family Thermotogaceae Reysenbach 2002 emend. Bhandari and Gupta 2014
genus Thermotoga Huber et al. 1986 emend. Bhandari and Gupta 2014

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Thermotoga Huber et al. 1986 emend. Bhandari and Gupta 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.459.

Source File

10.1601/tx.459.xml


This information was last reviewed on November 11, 2016.

References

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Balk M, Weijma J, Stams AJM. Thermotoga lettingae sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, methanol-degrading bacterium isolated from a thermophilic anaerobic reactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1361-1368. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02165-0 [PubMed].
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Jeanthon C, Reysenbach AL, L'Haridon S, Gambacorta A, Pace NR, Glénat P, Prieur D. Thermotoga subterranea sp. nov., a new thermophilic bacterium isolated from a continental oil reservoir. Arch Microbiol 1995; 164:91-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002030050239 [PubMed].
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Mori K, Yamazoe A, Hosoyama A, Ohji S, Fujita N, Ishibashi J-I, Kimura H, Suzuki K-I. Thermotoga profunda sp. nov. and Thermotoga caldifontis sp. nov., anaerobic thermophilic bacteria isolated from terrestrial hot springs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2128-2136. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.060137-0 [PubMed].
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Takahata Y, Nishijima M, Hoaki T, Maruyama T. Thermotoga petrophila sp. nov. and Thermotoga naphthophila sp. nov., two hyperthermophilic bacteria from the Kubiki oil reservoir in Niigata, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1901-1909. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-51-5-1901 [PubMed].
Fardeau ML, Ollivier B, Patel BKC, Magot M, Thomas P, Rimbault A, Rocchiccioli F, Garcia JL. Thermotoga hypogea sp. nov., a xylanolytic, thermophilic bacterium from an oil-producing well. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1013-1019. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-47-4-1013 [PubMed].
No reference is available 2015