Thermosipho is a genus of Gram-negative staining, anaerobic, and mostly thermophilic and hyperthermophilic bacteria in the family Thermotogaceae.[1]

Thermosipho
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Thermotogota
Class: Thermotogae
Order: Thermotogales
Family: Thermotogaceae
Genus: Thermosipho
Huber, Woese, Langworthy, Fricke & Stetter, 1989[1]
Type species
Thermosipho africanus
Huber et al. 1989
Species

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Phylogeny edit

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[3]

16S rRNA based LTP_08_2023[4][5][6] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[7][8][9]
Thermosipho

T. melanesiensis Antoine et al. 1997

T. affectus Podosokorskaya et al. 2011

T. africanus Huber et al. 1989

T. globiformans Kuwabara et al. 2010

T. japonicus Takai & Horikoshi 2000

T. activus Podosokorskaya et al. 2014

T. geolei L'Haridon et al. 2001

T. atlanticus Urios et al. 2004

T. ferrireducens Chen et al. 2021

Thermosipho

T. atlanticus

T. affectus

T. melanesiensis

T. africanus

T. japonicus [incl. T. globiformans]

Species incertae sedis:

  • Thermosipho ferriphilus Kendall et al. 2002

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2022). Thermosipho Huber, Woese, Langworthy, Fricke & Stetter, 1989. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567386 on 2022-09-27
  2. ^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Thermosipho". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  3. ^ Sayers; et al. "Thermosipho". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  4. ^ "The LTP". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  5. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  6. ^ "LTP_08_2023 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  7. ^ "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. ^ "bac120_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  • Huber, R., Woese, C.R., Langworthy, T.A., Fricke, H., and Stetter, K.O. "Thermosipho africanus gen. nov., represents a new genus of thermophilic eubacteria within the 'thermotogales'." Syst. Appl. Microbiol. (1989) 12:32-37
  • Ravot, G., Ollivier, B., Patel, B.K.C., Magot, M., and Garcia, J.L. "Emended description of Thermosipho africanus as a carbohydrate-fermenting species using thiosulfate as an electron acceptor." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1996) 46:321-323