Name: Thiohalocapsa Imhoff et al. 1998

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.ha.lo.cap’sa. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; Gr. gen. masc. n. halos, of the salt; L. fem. n. capsa, capsule; N.L. fem. n. Thiohalocapsa, the sulfur capsule of the salt

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Thiohalocaps-), t^hi-o-ha-lo-KAP-sa

Type species: Thiohalocapsa halophila (Caumette et al. 1991) Imhoff et al. 1998

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Imhoff JF, Suling J, Petri R. Phylogenetic relationships among the Chromatiaceae, their taxonomic reclassification and description of the new genera Allochromatium, Halochromatium, Isochromatium, Marichromatium, Thiococcus, Thiohalocapsa and Thermochromatium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1129-1143. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Thiocapsa Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Caumette P, Baulaigue R, Matheron R. Thiocapsa halophila sp. nov., a new halophilic phototrophic purple sulfur bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1991; 155:170-176.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thiahalocapsa"; "Thiohnlocapsa"; "Tliiohalocapsa".
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧔 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; JCM: 1; ATCC: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thiohalocapsa halophila (Caumette et al. 1991) Imhoff et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiohalocapsa marina Anil Kumar et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Imhoff JF, Suling J, Petri R. Phylogenetic relationships among the Chromatiaceae, their taxonomic reclassification and description of the new genera Allochromatium, Halochromatium, Isochromatium, Marichromatium, Thiococcus, Thiohalocapsa and Thermochromatium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1129-1143. 🇩🇪

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