Name: "Candidatus Electrothrix" Trojan et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: E.lec.tro’thrix. Gr. neut. n. êlektron, amber (which is the origin of the term electric); Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Electrothrix, electric hair

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Electrotrich-), e-lek-TRO-t^hrix

Type species: "Candidatus Electrothrix marina" Trojan et al. 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Trojan D, Schreiber L, Bjerg JT, Boggild A, Yang T, Kjeldsen KU, Schramm A. A taxonomic framework for cable bacteria and proposal of the candidate genera Electrothrix and Electronema. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:297-306.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Emendations:
  • Hiralal et al. 2025 Hiralal A, Ley P, van Dijk JR, Li C, Pankratov D, Alingapoyil Choyikutty J, Pankratova G, Geelhoed JS, Vasquez-Cardenas D, Reimers CE, et al. A novel cable bacteria species with a distinct morphology and genomic potential. Appl Environ Microbiol 2025; 91:e0250224.

• Notes:
  • 🧍 See also Sereika et al. (2023). Publication: Sereika M, Petriglieri F, Jensen TBN, Sannikov A, Hoppe M, Nielsen PH, Marshall IPG, Schramm A, Albertsen M. Closed genomes uncover a saltwater species of Candidatus Electronema and shed new light on the boundary between marine and freshwater cable bacteria. ISME J 2023; 17:561-569.

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: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Electrothrix aarhusensis" corrig. Trojan et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Electrothrix aarhusensis" Plum-Jensen et al. 2024	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Electrothrix aarhusiensis" Trojan et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Electrothrix aestuarii" Plum-Jensen et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Electrothrix antwerpensis" Hiralal et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Electrothrix communis" Trojan et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Electrothrix communis" Plum-Jensen et al. 2024	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Electrothrix gigas" Geelhoed et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Electrothrix japonica" Trojan et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Electrothrix laxa" Sereika et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Electrothrix marina" Trojan et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Electrothrix rattekaaiensis" Plum-Jensen et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Electrothrix scaldis" Hiralal et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Electrothrix yaqonensis" Hiralal et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Desulfobulbaceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Trojan D, Schreiber L, Bjerg JT, Boggild A, Yang T, Kjeldsen KU, Schramm A. A taxonomic framework for cable bacteria and proposal of the candidate genera Electrothrix and Electronema. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:297-306.

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