Name: Thiodictyon Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.dic’ty.on. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; Gr. neut. n. diktyon, a net; N.L. neut. n. Thiodictyon, sulfur net

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Thiodicty-), t^hi-o-DIK-ty-on

Type species: Thiodictyon elegans 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

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Bergey et al. (1923) assigned this genus to the tribe "Amoebobacterieae". Publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1923.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thiodicivon"; "Thiodiciyon"; "Thiodiclyon"; "Thiodietyon".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "THDT" 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thiodictyon bacillosum (Winogradsky 1888) Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiodictyon elegans Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Thiodictyon intracellulare" Muñoz-Gómez et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Thiodictyon siderooxidans" Ehrenreich 1995	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Thiodictyon syntrophicum" Peduzzi et al. 2012	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class III. Gammaproteobacteria 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 B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1. 🇺🇸

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