Genus Clonothrix

Name: Clonothrix Roze 1896

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Clo’no.thrix. Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Clonothrix

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Clonotrich-), KLO-no-t^hrix

Type species: Clonothrix fusca Roze 1896

Valid publication: Roze E. Le Clonothrix, un nouveau type generique de Cyanophycees. J. Bot. 1896; 10:325-330.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Bergey et al. (1923) assigned this genus to the family "Chlamydobacteriaceae" Migula 1894. Publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1923.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the family "Chlamydobacteriaceae" Migula 1894. 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.
  • 🧕 Vigliotta et al. (2007) assigned this genus to the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Vigliotta G, Nutricati E, Carata E, Tredici SM, De Stefano M, Pontieri P, Massardo DR, Prati MV, De Bellis L, Alifano P. Clonothrix fusca Roze 1896, a filamentous, sheathed, methanotrophic gamma-proteobacterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:3556-3565. 🇮🇹
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Clanothrix"; "Clknothrix"; "Clonothria"; "Honothrix".
  • 🧍 Name validly published under the ICNafp that is now regarded as prokaryote other than cyanobacteria. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CNTX" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 Vigliotta et al. (2007) re-analysed "Clonothrix fusca Roze 1896" and, among other insights, assigned it to the class Gammaproteobacteria. Publication: Vigliotta G, Nutricati E, Carata E, Tredici SM, De Stefano M, Pontieri P, Massardo DR, Prati MV, De Bellis L, Alifano P. Clonothrix fusca Roze 1896, a filamentous, sheathed, methanotrophic gamma-proteobacterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:3556-3565. 🇮🇹

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Clonothrix fusca Roze 1896	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Clonothrix gracillima West and West 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Clonothrix putealis (Hansgirg 1892) Beger and Bringmann 1953	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Crenotrichaceae Hansgirg 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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.

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