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)

Nomenclature

Rank

Genus

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 gerlachensis^Ts

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)

• Wolframiiraptor sinensis
• Wolframiiraptor allenii
• Wolframiiraptor gerlachensis^Ts

Metadata

Search sequences

• NCBI Nucleotide

Local history

• This name was last modified 7 months ago
• Current workflow status

Registered by

MarikePalmer over 1 year ago

Submitted by

MarikePalmer 9 months ago

Validated by

miguel 9 months ago