Name: Thiohalospira Sorokin et al. 2008

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

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

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
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