Name: Thiomargarita Schulz et al. 1999

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.mar.ga.ri’ta Gr. neut. n. theion, sulfur (Latin transliteration thium); L. fem. n. margarita, pearl; N.L. fem. n. Thiomargarita, sulfur pearl

Gender: feminine

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Thiomargarita joergensenii" Salman et al. 2011	not validly published
    Thiomargarita namibiensis Schulz et al. 1999	validly published	correct name
    "Candidatus Thiomargarita nelsonii" Salman et al. 2011	not validly published

Parent taxon: Thiotrichaceae Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: 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.

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