Name: Thiobacter Hirayama et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.bac’ter. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Thiobacter, sulfur rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Thiobacter-), t^hi-o-BAK-ter

Type species: Thiobacter subterraneus Hirayama et al. 2005

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hirayama H, Takai K, Inagaki F, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Thiobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic, thermophilic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a subsurface hot aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:467-472. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Thiobacteraceae" Dukat et al. 2024. Publication: Dukat AM, Elcheninov AG, Klyukina AA, Novikov AA, Frolov EN. Thiobacter aerophilum sp. nov., a Thermophilic, Obligately Chemolithoautotrophic, Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacterium from a Hot Spring and Proposal of Thiobacteraceae fam. nov. Microorganisms 2024; 12:0. 🇷🇺
  • 🧕 Sheu et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the order Burkholderiales Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Sheu SY, Li YS, Chen WM. Piscinibacterium candidicorallinum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the order Burkholderiales isolated from a fish pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5260-5267. 🇹🇼
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1; UQM: 1; ATCC: 1; CGMCC: 1.

Subdivision:

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Thiobacter aerophilum" Dukat et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    Thiobacter subterraneus Hirayama et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: "Thiobacteraceae" Dukat et al. 2024

Assigned by: Dukat AM, Elcheninov AG, Klyukina AA, Novikov AA, Frolov EN. Thiobacter aerophilum sp. nov., a Thermophilic, Obligately Chemolithoautotrophic, Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacterium from a Hot Spring and Proposal of Thiobacteraceae fam. nov. Microorganisms 2024; 12:0. 🇷🇺

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