Genus Thiospirillum
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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).
Thiospirillum Winogradsky 1888, genus.
Type species: ¤ Thiospirillum jenense (Ehrenberg 1838) Migula 1900 (Approved Lists 1980).
Synonyms: "Thiorhodospirillum" Fuhrmann 1913, not "Thiospirillum" Janke 1924.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Tsp. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; N.L. neut. n. Spirillum, a bacterial genus; N.L. neut. n. Thiospirillum, sulfur Spirillum.
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: WINOGRADSKY (S.): Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Bacterien. Heft I. Zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Schwefelbacterien. Arthur Felix, Leipzig, 1888, pp. 1-120.
Thiospirillum jenense (Ehrenberg 1838) Migula 1900, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSM 216.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not found.
Synonyms: "Ophidomonas jenensis" Ehrenberg 1838, "Spirillum jenense" (Ehrenberg 1838) Trevisan 1879, "Rhodospirillum jenense" (Ehrenberg 1838) Ellis 1932, "Thiospirillum crassum" Hama 1933.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. jenense, pertaining to Jena, Germany, the city where Ehrenberg discovered this organism.
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 EHRENBERG (C.G.): Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. L. Voss, Leipzig, 1838. 2 MIGULA (W.): System der Bakterien, Vol. 2, Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1900.
Note: The type strain DSM 216 is unavailable.
Reference: ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF THE PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA: Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 925-926.
Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria in IJSEM Online