Wolframiiraptor


Citation

Formal styling
Wolframiiraptor Buessecker et al., 2022
Proposed by
Buessecker et al., 2022
Status
Valid (SeqCode)
Register List
seqco.de/r:slp2ijs4 (validated)
Cannonical URL
https://seqco.de/i:22817

Nomenclature

Rank
Genus
Inferred stem
Wolframiiraptor-
Syllabication
Wolf.ra.mi.i.rap'tor
Etymology
N.L. neut. n. wolframium, tungsten; L. masc. n. raptor, snatcher or thief; N.L. masc. n. Wolframiiraptor, snatcher of tungsten
Nomenclatural type
Wolframiiraptor gerlachensisTs
Nomenclatural status
Validly published under the SeqCode

Taxonomy

Description
Members of this genus have been identified from geothermal springs from the U.S. Great Basin, Yellowstone National Park, USA, and the Rehai and Ruidian geothermal fields, Tengchong, China. AAI values among genomes representing separate species within the genus range between 81 and 90 %. Based on ancestral state reconstruction analysis, likely losses of the genes encoding cytochrome C oxidase subunits, the aerobic carbon-monoxide dehydrogenase large subunit,  and sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase (Sqr), indicate that members of this genus are likely strict anaerobes, and are also incapable of sulfide-dependent respiration. Genomes of this genus encode a tupA subunit of the tungstate (Tup) ABC transporter, and contain several genes encoding for tungsten-dependent oxidoreductases, including three putative AOR-like, one FOR-like and one GAPOR-like proteins. This taxon is supported as a genus-level group by phylogenomics, AAI and RED.
Classification
Incertae sedis (Archaea) » “Caldarchaeales” » Wolframiiraptoraceae » Wolframiiraptor
Parent
Wolframiiraptoraceae
Children (3)

Metadata

Search sequences
Local history
Registered by
MarikePalmer almost 2 years ago
Submitted by
MarikePalmer about 1 year ago
Validated by
miguel about 1 year ago

Publications (1)

Citation Title
Buessecker et al., 2022, Nature Communications An essential role for tungsten in the ecology and evolution of a previously uncultivated lineage of anaerobic, thermophilic Archaea
Proposed this name



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