Name: Thiospira Visloukh 1914 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.spi’ra. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a coil; N.L. fem. n. Thiospira, sulfur coil or spiral

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Thiospir-), t^hi-o-SPI-ra

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.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🚋 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 (or affected by an OCR error) 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	preferred name
    Thiospira winogradskyi (Omelianski 1905) Visloukh 1914 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Leucotrichaceae Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

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