Name: Toxothrix Molisch 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: To.xo’thrix. Gr. neut. n. toxon, a bow; Gr. fem. n. thrix, a thread; N.L. fem. n. Toxothrix, bent thread

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Toxotrich-), to-KSO-t^hriks

Type species: Toxothrix trichogenes (Cholodny 1924) Beger 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Molisch H. Über Kalkbakterien und andere kalkfällende Pilze. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1925; 65:130-139.

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. (1957) assigned this genus to the family "Chlamydobacteriaceae" Migula 1894. 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.
  • 🧕 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the class Cytophagia Nakagawa 2012. Publication: Nakagawa Y. Class IV. Cytophagia class. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 370. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the phylum "Bacteroidetes" Krieg et al. 2010. Publication: Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Euzéby J, Whitman WB. Phylum XIV. Bacteroidetes phyl. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 25. 🇺🇸
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Leptothrix Kützing 1843 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Cholodny N. Über neue Eisenbakterienarten aus der Gattung Leptothrix Kütz. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1924; 61:292-298.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "TOTX" 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.
  • 🧍 The effective publication given for Toxothrix in the Approved Lists appears to be wrong. The name is proposed as “Toxothrix ferruginea n. g.” in another article by Molisch published in 1925. We are grateful to E.A. Molinari Novoa for this hint. However, only the Judicial Commission can correct the Approved Lists. Publication: Molisch H. Botanische Beobachtungen in Japan. VIII. Mitteilung. Die Eisenorganismen in Japan. Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Fourth Series (Biology) 1925; 1:135-168.

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
    "Toxothrix gelatinosa" Beger and Bringmann 1953	not validly published	preferred name
    Toxothrix trichogenes (Cholodny 1924) Beger 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, lectotype	correct name

Parent taxon: Crenotrichaceae Hansgirg 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸

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