Name: Leptothrix lopholea Dorff 1934 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lo.pho.le.a. Gr. masc. n. lophos, a crest; N.L. fem. adj. lopholea, somewhat crested or tufted

Gender: feminine

Type strain: LVMW 124

Effective publication: Dorff P. Die Eisenorganismen. Pflanzenforschung, Jena 1934; 16:1-62.

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 According to Dr. Kuever, the strain LVMW 124 is lost. — Kuever J. Personal communication, 2010-02-11.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Leptothrix lopholea f. diminuta" Beger 1953	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Leptothrix Kützing 1843 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dorff P. Die Eisenorganismen. Pflanzenforschung, Jena 1934; 16:1-62.

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Record number: 784147