Genus "Candidatus Thioturbo"

Name: "Candidatus Thioturbo" Muyzer et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Thi.o.tur’bo. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; L. masc. n. turbo, a whirl; N.L. masc. n. Thioturbo, sulfur whirl

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Thioturbon-), thi-o-TUR-bo

Type species: "Candidatus Thioturbo danicus" Muyzer et al. 2005

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Muyzer G, Yildirim E, van Dongen U, Kuhl M, Thar R. Identification of "Candidatus Thioturbo danicus," a microaerophilic bacterium that builds conspicuous veils on sulfidic sediments. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:8929-8933. 🇳🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: [Epsilonproteobacteria, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 21834

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