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Name: "Thioflavicoccus" Imhoff and Pfennig 2001

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.fla.vi.coc’cus. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; L. masc. adj. flavus, golden-yellow, beige; N.L. masc. n. coccus, sphere; N.L. masc. n. Thioflavicoccus, beige-yellow coccus with sulfur

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Thioflavicocc-), thi-o-fla-wi-KOK-kus

Type species: "Thioflavicoccus mobilis" Imhoff and Pfennig 2001

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Imhoff JF, Pfennig N. Thioflavicoccus mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel purple sulfur bacterium with bacteriochlorophyll b. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:105-110. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:269.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

  • Notes:
    • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thiaflavicoccus".
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
    • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1.
    • 🧍 Considered not validly published. Thioflavicoccus Imhoff and Pfennig 2001 is not validly published because the type species is not validly published. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

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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Record number: 517369