Genus Thiorhodospira
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
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).
Thiorhodospira Bryantseva et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thiorhodospira sibirica Bryantseva et al. 1999.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Trs. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; Gr. n. rhodon, the rose; L. fem. n. spira, spiral; N.L. fem. n. Thiorhodospira, the spiral rose with sulfur.
Valid publication: BRYANTSEVA (I.), GORLENKO (V.M.), KOMPANTSEVA (E.I.), IMHOFF (J.F.), SÜLING (J.) and MITYUSHINA (L.): Thiorhodospira sibirica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium from a Siberian soda lake. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 697-703.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thiorhodospira sibirica Bryantseva et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Gorlenko: A12 = ATCC 700588.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ006530.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. sibirica, pertaining to Siberia (region in northwestern Asia, the name said to come from Sibir, ancient Tatar fortress at the confluence of the rivers Tobol and Irtysh).
Valid publication: BRYANTSEVA (I.), GORLENKO (V.M.), KOMPANTSEVA (E.I.), IMHOFF (J.F.), SÜLING (J.) and MITYUSHINA (L.): Thiorhodospira sibirica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium from a Siberian soda lake. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 697-703.
Original article in IJSEM Online