Name: Thiospirillum Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur (Latin transliteration thium); N.L. neut. dim. n. Spirillum, a bacterial genus; N.L. neut. dim. n. Thiospirillum, sulfur Spirillum
Gender: neuter (stem: Thiospirill-)
Type species: Thiospirillum jenense (Ehrenberg 1838) Migula 1900 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Effective publication: Winogradsky S. Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Bacterien. Heft I. Zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Schwefelbacterien. Arthur Felix, Leipzig, 1888.
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
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Thiospirillum jenense (Ehrenberg 1838) Migula 1900 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Thiospirillum winogradskii" Omelianski 1905 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists |
Parent taxon: Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class III. Gammaproteobacteria class. 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. 1.
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Record number: 517374