Genus Thiomargarita

Name: Thiomargarita Schulz et al. 1999

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.mar.ga.ri’ta. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; L. fem. n. margarita, pearl; N.L. fem. n. Thiomargarita, sulfur pearl

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Thiomargarit-), t^hi-o-mar-ga-RI-ta

Type species: Thiomargarita namibiensis Schulz et al. 1999

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schulz HN, Brinkhoff T, Ferdelman TG, Marine MH, Teske A, Jorgensen BB. Dense populations of a giant sulfur bacterium in Namibian shelf sediments. Science 1999; 284:493-495. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 71. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1325-1326.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Thiotrichaceae Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Thiotrichaceae fam. 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. 131. 🇺🇸

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Thiomargarita joergensenii" Salman et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Thiomargarita magnifica" Volland et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Thiomargarita namibiensis Schulz et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Thiomargarita nelsonii" Salman et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Beggiatoaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Salman V, Amann R, Girnth AC, Polerecky L, Bailey JV, Hogslund S, Jessen G, Pantoja S, Schulz-Vogt HN. A single-cell sequencing approach to the classification of large, vacuolated sulfur bacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2011; 34:243-259. 🇩🇪

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