Name: Catenococcus thiocycli corrig. Sorokin 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thi.o.cy.cli. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur (Latin transliteration thium); L. masc. n. cyclus, circle, cycle; N.L. gen. masc. n. thiocycli, of a sulphur circle

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51228; DSM 9165; LMD 92.12; TG 5-3

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF139723 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY. Catenococcus thiocyclus gen. nov. sp. nov.—a new facultatively anaerobic bacterium from a near-shore sulphidic hydrothermal area. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1992; 138:2287-2292.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 51. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:852.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Catenococcus thiocyclus Sorokin 1994	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Catenococcus Sorokin 1994. Publication: Sorokin DY. Catenococcus thiocyclus gen. nov. sp. nov.—a new facultatively anaerobic bacterium from a near-shore sulphidic hydrothermal area. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1992; 138:2287-2292.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates within Vibrio and may be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:908; Catenococcus thiocyclus (sic). Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:908-909.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, thiocyclus (sic), has been corrected by Trüper and De' Clari 1997. Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:908-909.

Parent taxon: Catenococcus Sorokin 1994

Assigned by: Sorokin DY. Catenococcus thiocyclus gen. nov. sp. nov.—a new facultatively anaerobic bacterium from a near-shore sulphidic hydrothermal area. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1992; 138:2287-2292.

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