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Genus Acidithrix
Name: Acidithrix Jones and Johnson 2022
Etymology: A.ci.di’thrix. 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, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Aciditrich-), a-ki-DI-thriks
Type species: Acidithrix ferrooxidans Jones and Johnson 2022
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective 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. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 208. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5592.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 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: DSM: 1; JCM: 1.
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🧕 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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Acidithrix ferrooxidans Jones and Johnson 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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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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Record number: 16556
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