Genus Thioploca
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Thioploca Lauterborn 1907, genus.
Type species: ¤ Thioploca schmidlei Lauterborn 1907 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; Gr. fem. n. plokê, a twist, anything twisted, a braid; N.L. fem. n. Thioploca, sulfur braid.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: LAUTERBORN (R.): Eine neue Gattung der Schwefelbakterien (Thioploca schmidlei nov. gen. nov. spec.). Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft, 1907, 25, 238-242.
Thioploca araucae Maier and Gallardo 1984, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) description, not isolated in pure culture.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not available.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. araucae, of Arauco in Central Chile.
Valid publication: MAIER (S.) and GALLARDO (V.A.): Thioploca araucae sp. nov. and Thioploca chileae sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 414-418.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thioploca chileae Maier and Gallardo 1984, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) description, not isolated in pure culture.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not available.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. chileae, of Chile.
Valid publication: MAIER (S.) and GALLARDO (V.A.): Thioploca araucae sp. nov. and Thioploca chileae sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 414-418.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thioploca ingrica (ex Visloukh 1911) Maier 1984, sp. nov., nom. rev.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) description, not isolated in pure culture.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not available.
Synonym: "Thioploca ingrica" Visloukh 1911.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. ingrica, pertaining to Ingria, ancient district of Leningrad, Russia.
Valid publication: MAIER (S.): Description of Thioploca ingrica sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 344-345.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thioploca schmidlei Lauterborn 1907, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) no culture isolated.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not available.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. schmidlei, of Schmidle.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: LAUTERBORN (R.): Eine neue Gattung der Schwefelbakterien (Thioploca schmidlei nov. gen. nov. spec.). Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft, 1907, 25, 238-242.