Genus Thalassospira
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 12
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Thalassospira López-López et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thalassospira lucentensis López-López et al. 2002.
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. thalassa, the sea; Gr. fem. n. spira, a spire; N.L. fem. n. Thalassospira, spiral-shaped organism from the sea.
Valid publication: LÓPEZ-LÓPEZ (A.), PUJALTE (M.J.), BENLLOCH (S.), MATA-ROIG (M.), ROSSELLÓ-MORA (R.), GARAY (E.) and RODRÍGUEZ-VALERA (F.): Thalassospira lucentensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine member of the α-Proteobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1277-1283.
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→ Thalassospira López-López et al. 2002 emend. Liu et al. 2007.
Reference: LIU (C.), WU (Y.), LI (L.), MA (Y.) and SHAO (Z.): Thalassospira xiamenensis sp. nov. and Thalassospira profundimaris sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 316-320.
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Thalassospira alkalitolerans Tsubouchi et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MBE#61=JCM 18968=CECT 8273.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB786710.
Etymology: N.L. n. alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort), alkali; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. alkalitolerans, alkali-tolerating, referring to the ability of the organism to tolerate alkaline media.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: TSUBOUCHI, T., OHTA, Y., HAGA, T., USUI, K., SHIMANE, Y., MORI, K., TANIZAKI, A., ADACHI, A., KOBAYASHI, K., YUKAWA, K., TAKAGI, E., TAME, A., UEMATSU, K., MARUYAMA, T. and HATADA, Y. 2014. Thalassospira alkalitolerans sp. nov. and Thalassospira mesophila sp. nov., isolated from a decaying bamboo sunken in the marine environment, and emended description of the genus Thalassospira. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 107-115.
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Thalassospira australica Ivanova et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NP 3b2=JCM 31222=KMM 6365.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU553304.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: JRJE00000000.1.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. australica, pertaining to the geographic region, Australia, where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66 (2016), 4299–4305.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: Ivanova, E. P., López-Pérez, M., Webb, H. K., Ng, H. J., Dang, T. H. Y., Zhukova, N. V., Mikhailov, V. V., Crawford, R. J. and Rodriguez-Valera, F. 2016. Thalassospira australica sp. nov. isolated from sea water. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 109, 1091-1100.
Effective publication Online
Thalassospira indica Liu et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PB8B=MCCC 1A01103=LMG 29620.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU440798.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: JPWE00000000.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. indica, Indian, referring to the Indian Ocean, where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: LIU, Y., LAI, Q., DU, J., SUN, F. and SHAO, Z. 2016. Thalassospira indica sp. nov., isolated from deep seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4942-4946.
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Thalassospira lohafexi Shivaji et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 139Z-12=KCTC 32347=LMG 27449.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU584152.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: -.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 165. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65 (2015), 2777-2783.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: Shivaji, S., Sathyanarayana Reddy, G., Sundareswaran, V.R. and Thomas, C. 2015. Description of Thalassospira lohafexi sp. nov., isolated from Southern Ocean, Antarctica. Arch. Microbiol. 197, 627-637.
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Thalassospira lucentensis López-López et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) QMT2 = CECT 5390 = DSM 14000.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF358664.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. lucentensis, pertaining to Lucentum, the Latin name in Roman times for Alicante, a coastal town in the south-east of Spain, which is the nearest town to the site from which the isolate was retrieved.
Valid publication: LÓPEZ-LÓPEZ (A.), PUJALTE (M.J.), BENLLOCH (S.), MATA-ROIG (M.), ROSSELLÓ-MORA (R.), GARAY (E.) and RODRÍGUEZ-VALERA (F.): Thalassospira lucentensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine member of the α-Proteobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1277-1283.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thalassospira marina Dong et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) CSC3H3=MCCC 1A11786=KCTC 62333.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: MG458350.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: CP024199.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of the sea, marine.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: DONG, C., LIU, R., LAI, Q., LIU, Y. and SHAO, Z. 2018. Thalassospira marina sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2943-2948.
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Thalassospira mesophila Tsubouchi et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MBE#74=JCM 18969=CECT 8274.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB786711.
Etymology: Gr. adj. mesos, medium; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving to; N.L. fem. adj. mesophila, medium-temperature-loving, mesophilic.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: TSUBOUCHI, T., OHTA, Y., HAGA, T., USUI, K., SHIMANE, Y., MORI, K., TANIZAKI, A., ADACHI, A., KOBAYASHI, K., YUKAWA, K., TAKAGI, E., TAME, A., UEMATSU, K., MARUYAMA, T. and HATADA, Y. 2014. Thalassospira alkalitolerans sp. nov. and Thalassospira mesophila sp. nov., isolated from a decaying bamboo sunken in the marine environment, and emended description of the genus Thalassospira. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 107-115.
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Thalassospira povalilytica Nogi et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Zumi 95=JCM 18746=DSM 26719.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB548215.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. povalum, poval (polyvinyl alcohol); Gr. adj. lytikos, loosening, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. povalilytica, poval-dissolving.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: NOGI, Y., YOSHIZUMI, M. and MIYAZAKI, M. 2014. Thalassospira povalilytica sp. nov., a polyvinyl-alcohol-degrading marine bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1149-1153.
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Thalassospira profundimaris Liu et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WP0211 = CGMCC 1.3997 = DSM 17430.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY186195.
Etymology: L. adj. profundus, deep; L. gen. n. maris, from/of the sea; N.L. gen. n. profundimaris, from/of the deep-sea, reflecting from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: LIU (C.), WU (Y.), LI (L.), MA (Y.) and SHAO (Z.): Thalassospira xiamenensis sp. nov. and Thalassospira profundimaris sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 316-320.
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Thalassospira tepidiphila Kodama et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 1-1B = DSM 18888 = JCM 14578.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB265822.
Etymology: L. adj. tepidus, lukewarm; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. tepidiphila, lukewarm-loving, mesophilic.
Valid publication: KODAMA (Y.), STIKNOWATI (L.I.), UEKI (A.), UEKI (K.) and WATANABE (K.): Thalassospira tepidiphila sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 711-715.
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Thalassospira xiamenensis Liu et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) M-5 = CGMCC 1.3998 = DSM 17429.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY189753.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. xiamenensis, pertaining to Xiamen, the city where the organism was first isolated.
Valid publication: LIU (C.), WU (Y.), LI (L.), MA (Y.) and SHAO (Z.): Thalassospira xiamenensis sp. nov. and Thalassospira profundimaris sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 316-320.
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Thalassospira xianhensis Zhao et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) P-4 = CGMCC 1.6849 = JCM 14850.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU017546.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. xianhensis, of or pertaining to Xianhe of Shangdong Province, China, where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: ZHAO (B.), WANG (H.), LI (R.) and MAO (X.): Thalassospira xianhensis sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading marine bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1125-1129.
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Note: In the paper by Zhao et al. 2010, the etymology does not mention that the epithet xianhensis is a neo-Latin adjective.