Family Thiolineaceae
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Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Thiolineaceae Boden and Scott 2018, fam. nov.
Nomenclatural type: ¤ Thiolinea Boden and Scott 2018.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Thiolinea, type genus; -aceae, suff. to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thiolineaceae, the Thiolinea family.
Valid publication: BODEN, R. and SCOTT, K. M. 2018. Evaluation of the genus Thiothrix Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Aruga et al. 2002: reclassification of Thiothrix disciformis to Thiolinea disciformis gen. nov., comb. nov., and of Thiothrix flexilis to Thiofilum flexile gen. nov., comb nov., with emended description of Thiothrix. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2226-2239.
Original article in IJSEM Online
