Genus Thiosphaera

Name: Thiosphaera Robertson and Kuenen 1984

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.sphae’ra. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Thiosphaera, sulfur sphere

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Thiosphaer-), t^hi-o-SP^HA͡E-ra

Type species: Thiosphaera pantotropha Robertson and Kuenen 1984

Effective publication: Robertson LA, Kuenen JG. Thiosphaera pantotropha gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, facultatively autotrophic sulphur bacterium. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983; 129:2847-2855. 🇳🇱

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 13. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:91-92.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Paracoccus Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Paracoccus Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Rhodobacteraceae 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 C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 161. 🇺🇸
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Paracoccus Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Rainey FA, Kelly DP, Stackebrandt E, Burghardt J, Hiraishi A, Katayama Y, Wood AP. A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of Paracoccus denitrificans and a proposal for the combination Paracoccus pantotrophus comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:645-651. 🇬🇧
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thiospaera"; "Thiosphacra"; "Thiosphera"; "Thiosphuera"; "Thwsphaera".
- ❗ Thiosphaera is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 1; DSM: 1; JCM: 1; NCCB: 1; ATCC: 1.
- 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "THSF" 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: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Thiosphaera pantotropha Robertson and Kuenen 1984	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Paracoccaceae Liang et al. 2022

Assigned by: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638. 🇩🇪

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