Genus Toxothrix
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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).
Toxothrix Molisch 1925, genus.
Type species: ¤ Toxothrix trichogenes (Cholodny 1924) Beger 1953 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. toxon, a bow; Gr. fem. n. thrix, a thread; N.L. fem. n. Toxothrix, bent thread.
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: MOLISCH (H.): Über Kalbakterien und andere Kalkfallende Pilze. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie Parasitenkunde Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II, 1925, 65, 130-139.
Toxothrix trichogenes (Cholodny 1924) Beger 1953, 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.
Synonyms: "Leptothrix trichogenes" Cholodny 1924, "Toxothrix ferruginea" Molisch 1925, "Chlamydothrix trichogenes" (Cholodny 1924) Naumann 1929, "Sphaerotilus trichogenes" (Cholodny 1924) Pringsheim 1949.
Etymology: Gr. n. thrix trichos, hair; N.L. suff. -genes (from Gr. v. gennaô, to produce), producing; N.L. adj. trichogenes, hair-producing.
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 CHOLODNY (N.): Über neue eisenbakterienarten aus der Gattung Leptothrix Kütz. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie Parasitenkunde Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II, 1924, 61, 292-298. 2 BEGER (H.): Toxothrix trichogenes (Chol.) Beger nov. comb. p. 332. In: BEGER (H.) and BRINGMANN (G.): Die Scheidenstruktur des Abwasserbakteriums Sphaerotilus und des Eisenbakteriums Leptothrix im elektronenmikroskopischen Bilde und ihre Bedeutung fur die Systematik dieser Gattungen. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie Parasitenkunde Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II, 1953, 107, 318-334.