Name: "Thiotrichaceae" Pringsheim 1949

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.tri.cha.ce’ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Thiotrichaceae, the family of the genus Thiothrix

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Thiothrix Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Original publication: Pringsheim EG. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BACTERIA AND MYXOPHYCEAE. Bacteriol Rev 1949; 13:47-98.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Leucotrichaceae Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiotrichaceae Garrity et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Leucotrichaceae Boden and Scott 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Thiolineaceae Boden and Scott 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thiofilaceae Boden and Scott 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Leucotrichaceae Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Macromonas Utermöhl and Koppe 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧒 Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Beggiatoa Trevisan 1842 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🛺 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".
  • 🧍 According to Silva (1980) in the Index Nominum Genericorum, Thiothrix was assigned to Cyanophyceae/Bacteria without family placement. Publication: Silva PC. Names of classes and families of living algae with special reference to their use in the Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht, 1980.

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