Genus Leptothrix
Name: Leptothrix Kützing 1843 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Gr. adj. leptos, fine, small; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Leptothrix, fine hair
Type species: Leptothrix ochracea (Roth 1797) Kützing 1843 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Kützing FT. Phycologia Generalis. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1843.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family "Chlamydobacteriaceae". 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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Leptothrix cholodnii Mulder and van Veen 1963 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published correct name Leptothrix discophora (ex Schwers 1912) Spring et al. 1997 validly published correct name Leptothrix lopholea Dorff 1934 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published correct name Leptothrix mobilis Spring et al. 1997 validly published correct name Leptothrix ochracea (Roth 1797) Kützing 1843 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published correct name
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Parent taxon: Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991
Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.
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