Name: Thiohalospira Sorokin et al. 2008

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.ha.lo.spi’ra. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt of the sea; Gr. fem. n. speîra, spiral; N.L. fem. n. Thiohalospira, halophilic sulfur spirillum

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Thiohalospir-), t^hi-o-ha-lo-SPI-ra

Type species: Thiohalospira halophila Sorokin et al. 2008

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Thiohalospiraceae Sorokin and Merkel 2023. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Thiohalospiraceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2023, p. 1-2. 🇳🇱
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Thiohalospirales Sorokin and Merkel 2023. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Thiohalospirales ord. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2023, p. 1-3. 🇳🇱
  • 🧕 Sorokin and Merkel (2023) assigned this genus to the family Thiohalospiraceae Sorokin and Merkel 2023. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Thiohalospiraceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2023, p. 1-2. 🇳🇱
  • 🧕 Sorokin and Merkel (2023) assigned this genus to the order Thiohalospirales Sorokin and Merkel 2023. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Thiohalospirales ord. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2023, p. 1-3. 🇳🇱
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04564 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; UNIQEM: 2.

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
    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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