Name: "Acidithrix" Jones and Johnson 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.ci.di.thr’ix. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair, thread; N.L. fem. n. Acidithrix, acid thread

Gender: feminine (stem: Aciditrich-)

Type species: "Acidithrix ferrooxidans" Jones and Johnson 2015

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Jones RM, Johnson DB. Acidithrix ferrooxidans gen. nov., sp. nov.; a filamentous and obligately heterotrophic, acidophilic member of the Actinobacteria that catalyzes dissimilatory oxido-reduction of iron. Res Microbiol 2015; 166:111-120.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

• Notes:
  • Jones and Johnson (2015) assigned this genus to the order Acidimicrobiales Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Jones RM, Johnson DB. Acidithrix ferrooxidans gen. nov., sp. nov.; a filamentous and obligately heterotrophic, acidophilic member of the Actinobacteria that catalyzes dissimilatory oxido-reduction of iron. Res Microbiol 2015; 166:111-120.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Acidithrix ferrooxidans" Jones and Johnson 2015	not validly published

Parent taxon: Acidimicrobiaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Asem MD, Shi L, Jiao JY, Wang D, Han MX, Dong L, Liu F, Salam N, Li WJ. Desertimonas flava gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from a desert soil, and proposal of Ilumatobacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3593-3599.

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