Name: Thiotrichaceae Garrity et al. 2005

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.tri.cha’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Thiothrix, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thiotrichaceae, the Thiothrix family

Pronunciation, gender: t^hi-o-tri-K^HA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Thiothrix Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Thiotrichaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 131.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 106. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2235-2238.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Leucotrichaceae Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiofilaceae Boden and Scott 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Leucotrichaceae Boden and Scott 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Leucotrichaceae Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thiolineaceae Boden and Scott 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Thiotrichaceae" Pringsheim 1949	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Boden and Scott 2018 Boden R, Scott KM. Evaluation of the genus Thiothrix Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Aruga et al. 2002: reclassification of Thiothrix disciformis to Thiolinea disciformis gen. nov., comb. nov., and of Thiothrix flexilis to Thiofilum flexile gen. nov., comb nov., with emended description of Thiothrix. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2226-2239. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3077-3079.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 2 genera from the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this family to the order Thiotrichales Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order V. Thiotrichales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 131.
  • 🧒 Boscaro et al. (2012) assigned the genus Cocleimonas Tanaka et al. 2011 to this family. Publication: Boscaro V, Vannini C, Fokin SI, Verni F, Petroni G. Characterization of "Candidatus Nebulobacter yamunensis" from the cytoplasm of Euplotes aediculatus (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) and emended description of the family Francisellaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:432-440.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Achromatium Schewiakoff 1893 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Thiotrichaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 131.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Beggiatoa Trevisan 1842 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Thiotrichaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 131.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Thiobacterium (ex Janke 1924) La Riviere and Kuenen 1989 to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Thiotrichaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 131.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Thiomargarita Schulz et al. 1999 to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Thiotrichaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 131.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Thioploca Lauterborn 1907 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Thiotrichaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 131.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Thiospira Visloukh 1914 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Thiotrichaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 131.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Thiothrix Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Thiotrichaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 131.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Leucothrix Örsted 1844 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Thiotrichaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 131.
  • 🧒 Danovaro et al. (2017) assigned the genus "Candidatus Thiolava" Danovaro et al. 2017 to this family. Publication: Danovaro R, Canals M, Tangherlini M, Dell'Anno A, Gambi C, Lastras G, Amblas D, Sanchez-Vidal A, Frigola J, Calafat AM, et al. A submarine volcanic eruption leads to a novel microbial habitat. Nat Ecol Evol 2017; 1:144.
  • 🧒 Fonseca et al. (2017) assigned the genus "Candidatus Venteria" Fonseca et al. 2017 to this family. Publication: Fonseca A, Ishoey T, Espinoza C, Perez-Pantoja D, Manghisi A, Morabito M, Salas-Burgos A, Gallardo VA. Genomic features of "Candidatus Venteria ishoeyi", a new sulfur-oxidizing macrobacterium from the Humboldt Sulfuretum off Chile. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0188371.
  • 🧒 Ravin et al. (2023) assigned the genus "Candidatus Thiocaldithrix" Ravin et al. 2023 to this family. Publication: Ravin NV, Muntyan MS, Smolyakov DD, Rudenko TS, Beletsky AV, Mardanov AV, Grabovich MY. Metagenomics Revealed a New Genus 'Candidatus Thiocaldithrix dubininis' gen. nov., sp. nov. and a New Species 'Candidatus Thiothrix putei' sp. nov. in the Family Thiotrichaceae, Some Members of Which Have Traits of Both Na(+)- and H(+)-Motive Energetics. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:0.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Leucotrichaceae Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Beggiatoaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Migula W. Über ein neues System der Bakterien. Arbeiten aus dem Bakteriologischen Institut der Technischen Hochschule zu Karlsruhe 1894; 1:235-238.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Beggiatoaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Beggiatoaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Beggiatoaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Waksman SA. Genus III. Actinomyces Harz,. In: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923, p. 339-371.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thiothrichaceae".
  • 🧍 Illegitimate according to Rule 51b (1); the family name Thiotrichaceae Garrity et al. 2005 is illegitimate because it contains (i) the genus Achromatium Schewiakoff 1893 (Approved Lists 1980), which is the type genus of the family Achromatiaceae Massart 1901 (Approved Lists 1980), (ii) the genus Beggiatoa Trevisan 1842 (Approved Lists 1980), which is the type of the family Beggiatoaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980), and (iii) the genus Leucothrix Oersted 1844 (Approved Lists 1980), which is the type of the family Leucotrichaceae Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Palleroni NJ. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula 1894, 237 AL (Nom. Cons., Opin. 5 of the Jud. Comm. 1952, 121). In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 323-379.

Parent taxon: Beggiatoales Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Buchanan RE. Order VII. Beggiatoales Buchanan, Ordo Nov. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 837-853.

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