Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.5

Name

Thermoproteaceae Zillig et al. 1982 emend. Burggraf et al. 1997

Taxonomic Rank

family

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

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

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
order	Thermoproteales Zillig et al. 1982 emend. Burggraf et al. 1997

Members

genus	Thermoproteus Zillig et al. 1982
genus	Caldivirga Itoh et al. 1999
genus	Pyrobaculum Huber et al. 1988 emend. Chan et al. 2013
genus	Thermocladium Itoh et al. 1998
genus	Vulcanisaeta Itoh et al. 2002

Type Status

Taxonomy

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


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Archaea Woese et al. 1990
phylum Crenarchaeota (sic) Garrity and Holt 2021
class Thermoprotei Reysenbach 2002
order Thermoproteales Zillig et al. 1982 emend. Burggraf et al. 1997
family Thermoproteaceae Zillig et al. 1982 emend. Burggraf et al. 1997

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 family Thermoproteaceae Zillig et al. 1982 emend. Burggraf et al. 1997. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.5.

Source File

10.1601/tx.5.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 1, 2017.

References

Chan PP, Cozen AE, Lowe TM. Reclassification of Thermoproteus neutrophilus Stetter and Zillig 1989 as Pyrobaculum neutrophilum comb. nov. based on phylogenetic analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:751-754. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.043091-0 [PubMed].
Zillig W, Stetter KO, Schäfer W, Janekovic D, Wunderl S, Holz J, Palm P. Thermoproteales: a novel type of extremely thermoacidophilic anaerobic archaebacteria isolated from Icelandic solfataras. Zentralbl Bakteriol Orig A 1981; 2:205-227.
Itoh T, Suzuki K, Nakase T. Thermocladium modestius gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of rod-shaped, extremely thermophilic crenarchaeote. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:879-887. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-3-879 [PubMed].
Itoh T, Suzuki K, Sanchez PC, Nakase T. Caldivirga maquilingensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of rod-shaped crenarchaeote isolated from a hot spring in the Philippines. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1157-1163. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-3-1157 [PubMed].
Itoh T, Suzuki K, Nakase T. Vulcanisaeta distributa gen. nov., sp. nov., and Vulcanisaeta souniana sp. nov., novel hyperthermophilic, rod-shaped crenarchaeotes isolated from hot springs in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1097-1104. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02152-0 [PubMed].