Name: Thiocapsa Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.cap’sa. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur (Latin transliteration thium); L. fem. n. capsa, box; N.L. fem. n. Thiocapsa, sulfur box

Gender: feminine (stem: Thiocaps-)

Type species: Thiocapsa roseopersicina corrig. Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Winogradsky S. Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Bacterien. Heft I. Zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Schwefelbacterien. Arthur Felix, Leipzig, 1888.

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Rhodothece" Molisch 1906	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Amoebobacter Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Guyoneaud et al. 1998 Guyoneaud R, Suling J, Petri R, Matheron R, Caumette P, Pfennig N, Imhoff JF. Taxonomic rearrangements of the genera Thiocapsa and Amoebobacter on the basis of 16S rDNA sequence analyses, and description of Thiolamprovum gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:957-964. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1085-1087.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Thiocapsaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Bavendamm W. Morphologie und Systematik der farblosen und roten Schwefelbakterien. In: Kolkwitz R (eds), Die farblosen und roten Schwefelbakterien des Suss-und Salzwassers., Pflanzenforschung, Berlin-Dahlem, 1924, p. 1-156.
  • 🧕 Bavendamm (1924) assigned this genus to the family Thiocapsaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Bavendamm W. Morphologie und Systematik der farblosen und roten Schwefelbakterien. In: Kolkwitz R (eds), Die farblosen und roten Schwefelbakterien des Suss-und Salzwassers., Pflanzenforschung, Berlin-Dahlem, 1924, p. 1-156.
  • 🧕 Bergey et al. (1923) assigned this genus to the tribe "Thiocapseae". Publication: Waksman SA. Genus III. Actinomyces Harz,. In: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923, p. 339-371.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the family "Thiorhodaceae" Molisch 1907. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family "Thiorhodaceae" Molisch 1907. 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.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thiacapsa"; "Thicapsa"; "Thiocaposa"; "Thiocupsa"; "Thiopcapsa"; "Thiorapsa".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Imhoff JF, Madigan MT. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the Meetings, 28 August 2000, Barcelona, Spain. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2002; 52:2335-2336.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Trüper HG, Imhoff JF. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology - Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:925-926.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Trueper HG, Imhoff JF. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF THE PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA: Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:925-926.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Imhoff JF, Wilmotte A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria: minutes of the meetings, 11 August 2009, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3907-3909.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12663 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 7; ATCC: 4; NBRC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "THCP" 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: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Thiocapsa bogorovii" Tourova et al. 2009	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Thiocapsa halophila Caumette et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Thiocapsa imhoffii Asao et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiocapsa litoralis Puchkova et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiocapsa marina Caumette et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiocapsa pendens (Molisch 1906) Guyoneaud et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiocapsa pfennigii Eimhjellen 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Thiocapsa rosea (Winogradsky 1888) Guyoneaud et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiocapsa roseopersicina corrig. Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Guyoneaud R, Suling J, Petri R, Matheron R, Caumette P, Pfennig N, Imhoff JF. Taxonomic rearrangements of the genera Thiocapsa and Amoebobacter on the basis of 16S rDNA sequence analyses, and description of Thiolamprovum gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:957-964.

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