Name: Thiospira Visloukh 1914 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur (Latin transliteration thium); Gr. fem. n. speîra, a coil; N.L. fem. n. Thiospira, sulfur coil or spiral

Gender: feminine

Type species: Thiospira winogradskyi (Omelianski 1905) Visloukh 1914 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Visloukh SM. Spirillum kolkwitzii nov. sp. (in Russian). Zhurnal Mikrobiologii 1914; 1:42-51.

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:
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the tribe Spirilleae Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family "Thiobacteriaceae" Orla-Jensen 1909. Publication: 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.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Thiospirillum Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Omelianski W. Über eine neue Art farbloser Thiospirillen. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1905; 14:769-772.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Thinspira"; "Thispira"; "Thlospira".
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "THSP" 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: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Thiospira bipunctata" Visloukh 1914	not validly published
    Thiospira winogradskyi (Omelianski 1905) Visloukh 1914 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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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