Name: Thiospirochaeta Dubinina et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.spi.ro.chae’ta. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulphur; N.L. fem. n. Spirochaeta, a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Thiospirochaeta, sulphur spirochete

Gender: feminine (stem: Thiospirochaet-)

Type species: Thiospirochaeta perfilievii (Dubinina et al. 2011) Dubinina et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dubinina G, Leshcheva N, Mikheeva N, Spring S, Neumann-Schaal M, Shcherbakova V, Grabovich M. Description of Oceanispirochaeta crateris sp. nov. and reclassification of Spirochaeta perfilievii as Thiospirochaeta perfilievii gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6373-6380.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4656.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Dubinina G, Grabovich M, Leshcheva N, Rainey FA, Gavrish E. Spirochaeta perfilievii sp. nov., an oxygen-tolerant, sulfide-oxidizing, sulfur- and thiosulfate-reducing spirochaete isolated from a saline spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:110-117.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Thiopirochaeta".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: VKM: 1; DSM: 1.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thiospirochaeta perfilievii (Dubinina et al. 2011) Dubinina et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dubinina G, Leshcheva N, Mikheeva N, Spring S, Neumann-Schaal M, Shcherbakova V, Grabovich M. Description of Oceanispirochaeta crateris sp. nov. and reclassification of Spirochaeta perfilievii as Thiospirochaeta perfilievii gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6373-6380.

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