Genus Thiorhodovibrio
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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).
Thiorhodovibrio Overmann et al. 1993, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thiorhodovibrio winogradskyi Overmann et al. 1993.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Trv. (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. v. vibro, to set in tremulous motion, move to and fro, vibrate; N.L. masc. n. vibrio, that which vibrates, and also a bacterial genus name of bacteria possessing a curved rod shape (Vibrio); N.L. masc. n. Thiorhodovibrio, rose vibrio with sulfur.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 44. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 188-189.
Effective publication: OVERMANN (J.), FISCHER (U.) and PFENNIG (N.): A new purple sulfur bacterium from saline littoral sediments, Thiorhodovibrio winogradskyi gen. nov. and sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol., 1992, 157, 329-335.
Validation List no. 44 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Thiorhodovibrio winogradskyi Overmann et al. 1993, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SSP1 = DSM 6702.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB016986.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. winogradskyi, of Winogradsky, named for S.N. Winogradsky, a Russian microbiologist, who did the first comprehensive studies on the purple sulfur bacteria.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 44. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 188-189.
Effective publication: OVERMANN (J.), FISCHER (U.) and PFENNIG (N.): A new purple sulfur bacterium from saline littoral sediments, Thiorhodovibrio winogradskyi gen. nov. and sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol., 1992, 157, 329-335.
Validation List no. 44 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online