Name: Thiorhodococcus Guyoneaud et al. 1998

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.rho.do.coc’cus. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; Gr. neut. n. rhodon, the rose; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus, sphere; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Thiorhodococcus, rose sphere with sulfur

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Thiorhodococc-), t^hi-o-r^ho-do-KOK-kus

Type species: Thiorhodococcus minor corrig. Guyoneaud et al. 1998

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Guyoneaud R, Matheron R, Liesack W, Imhoff JF, Caumette P. Thiorhodococcus minus, gen. nov., sp. nov., A new purple sulfur bacterium isolated from coastal lagoon sediments. Arch Microbiol 1997; 168:16-23.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 64. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:327-328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Trüper HG, Imhoff JF. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology - Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:925-926. 🇩🇪
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Trueper HG, Imhoff JF. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF THE PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA: Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:925-926. 🇩🇪
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Imhoff JF, Wilmotte A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria: minutes of the meetings, 11 August 2009, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3907-3909. 🇩🇪
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Prathyash-Ushus et al. (2017). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13818 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; ATCC: 5; KCTC: 3; JCM: 3; NBRC: 2; VKM: 1; MTCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thiorhodococcus alkaliphilus Prathyash Ushus et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiorhodococcus bheemlicus Anil Kumar et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Thiorhodococcus drewsii" Zaar et al. 2003	not validly published	preferred name
    Thiorhodococcus fuscus Lakshmi et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiorhodococcus kakinadensis Anil Kumar et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiorhodococcus mannitoliphagus Rabold et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiorhodococcus minor corrig. Guyoneaud et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thiorhodococcus minus Guyoneaud et al. 1998	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Thiorhodococcus modestalkaliphilus Sucharita et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Guyoneaud R, Matheron R, Liesack W, Imhoff JF, Caumette P. Thiorhodococcus minus, gen. nov., sp. nov., A new purple sulfur bacterium isolated from coastal lagoon sediments. Arch Microbiol 1997; 168:16-23.

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