Genus Thiobacterium

Name: Thiobacterium (ex Janke 1924) La Riviere and Kuenen 1989

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: Thi.o.bac.te’ri.um. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Thiobacterium, small sulfur rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Thiobacteri-), t^hi-o-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Thiobacterium bovistum corrig. (ex Molisch 1912) La Riviere and Kuenen 1989

Effective publication: La Riviere JVM, Kuenen JG. Genus Thiobacterium (ex Janke 1924) Nom Rev. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 1838.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Thiotrichaceae Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Thiotrichaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 131. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thiabactcrium"; "Thiobaccerium"; "Thiobaclcrium"; "Thiobactcrium"; "Thiobacteriae".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "THBT" 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.
  • 🧍 See also Buchanan (1918). Publication: Buchanan RE. Studies in the Nomenclature and Classification of the Bacteria: IX. The Subgroups and Genera of the Thiobacteriales. J Bacteriol 1918; 3:461-474.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thiobacterium bovista (ex Molisch 1912) La Riviere and Kuenen 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiobacterium bovistum corrig. (ex Molisch 1912) La Riviere and Kuenen 1989	validly published under the ICNP, inappropriate correction	misspelling

Parent taxon: Leucotrichaceae Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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