Name: Thiohalospira Sorokin et al. 2008
Etymology: Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur (Latin transliteration thium); Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt of the sea; Gr. fem. n. speîra, spiral; N.L. fem. n. Thiohalospira, halophilic sulfur spirillum
Gender: feminine (stem: Thiohalospir-)
Type species: Thiohalospira halophila Sorokin et al. 2008
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Muyzer G, Kuenen GJ. Thiohalospira halophila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thiohalospira alkaliphila sp. nov., novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, halophilic, sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1685-1692.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2247-2248.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Thiohalospira alkaliphila Sorokin et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Thiohalospira halophila Sorokin et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984
Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Muyzer G, Kuenen GJ. Thiohalospira halophila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thiohalospira alkaliphila sp. nov., novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, halophilic, sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1685-1692.
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Record number: 516827