Name: Thioploca Lauterborn 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o’plo.ca. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; Gr. fem. n. plokê, a twist, anything twisted, a braid; N.L. fem. n. Thioploca, sulfur braid

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Thioploc-), t^hi-O-plo-ka

Type species: Thioploca schmidlei Lauterborn 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Lauterborn R. Eine neue Gattung der Schwefelbakterien (Thioploca schmidlei nov. gen. nov. spec.). Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 1907; 25:238-242.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thiogloca"; "Thioplocn"; "Thioplora"; "Tliioploca"; "Trioploca".
  • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably belonging to Bacteria. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "THPC" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thioploca araucae Maier and Gallardo 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thioploca chileae Maier and Gallardo 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thioploca ingrica (ex Visloukh 1911) Maier 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thioploca schmidlei Lauterborn 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Beggiatoaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.

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Record number: 517371