Genus Thiospira
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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).
Thiospira Visloukh 1914, genus.
Type species: ¤ Thiospira winogradskyi (Omelianski 1905) Visloukh 1914 (Approved Lists 1980).
Synonyms: "Sulfospirillum" Kluyver and van Niel 1936, not "Thiospirillum" Winogradsky 1888.
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; L. fem. n. spira, a coil; N.L. fem. n. Thiospira, sulfur coil or spiral.
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: VISLOUKH (S.M.): Spirillum kolkwitzii nov. sp. (in Russian). Zhurnal Mikrobiologii, 1914, 1, 42-51.
Thiospira winogradskyi (Omelianski 1905) Visloukh 1914, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) no culture available.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not available.
Synonym: "Thiospirillum winogradskii" Omelianski 1905.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. winogradskyi, of Winogradsky; named for S.N. Winogradsky, a Russian microbiologist.
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: 1 OMELIANSKI (W.): Über eine neue Art farbloser Thiospirillen. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie Parasitenkunde Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II, 1905, 14, 769-772. 2 VISLOUKH (S.M.): Spirillum kolkwitzii nov. sp. (in Russian). Zhurnal Mikrobiologii, 1914, 1, 42-51.