Name: Leptothrix Kützing 1843 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. leptos, fine, small; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Leptothrix, fine hair

Gender: feminine (stem: Leptotrich-)

Type species: Leptothrix ochracea (Roth 1797) Kützing 1843 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kützing FT. Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. F.A. 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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family "Chlamydobacteriaceae" Migula 1894. 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.
  • Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Burkholderiales Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus [Conferva]. Publication: Roth AW. Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur, Fasc. 1. Bibliopolio I.G. Mulleriano, Lipsiae, 1797.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Laptothrix"; "Lcptothrix"; "Lefptathrix"; "Leitothrix"; "Lephothrix"; "Lepiothrix"; "Leplolhrix"; "Leplothrix"; "Leprochrix"; "Leprothrix"; "Leptalhrix"; "Leptathrix"; "Lepthothrix"; "Leptochrix"; "Leptolhrix"; "Leptothiix"; "Leptothriv"; "Leptozhrix"; "Lepzothrix"; "Leytothrix"; "Loptothrix".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 2; LMG: 2; DSM: 2; JCM: 1; CCUG: 1; CIP: 1; NCTC: 1.
  • According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably belonging to Bacteria. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • Leptothrix Kützing 1843 (Approved Lists 1980) is an earlier homonym of a genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Leptothrix Menge, 1869. — Crook M. Personal communication, 2021-08-19.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "LPTX" 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.

Subdivision:

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: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Leptothrix buccalis" Robin 1853	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Leptothrix cholodnii Mulder and van Veen 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leptothrix discophora (ex Schwers 1912) Spring et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Leptothrix ginsengisoli" Ibrahim et al. 2021	not validly published
    "Leptothrix ginsengisoli" Baskar et al. 2012	not validly published
    Leptothrix lopholea Dorff 1934 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leptothrix mobilis Spring et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leptothrix ochracea (Roth 1797) Kützing 1843 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Leptothrix trichogenes" Cholodny 1924	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

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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