Species Oscillochloris trichoides

Name: Oscillochloris trichoides (ex Szafer 1910) Gorlenko and Korotkov 1989

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: tri.cho.i’des. Gr. fem. n. thrix (gen. trichos), hair; L. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. fem. adj. trichoides, hairlike (bacteria)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-lo-K^HLO-ris tri-k^ho-I-des, feminine

Type strain: description; DG-6; no culture isolated; VKM B-2210

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF093427 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gorlenko VM, Korotkov SA. Morphological and physiological features of the filamentous gliding green bacteria Oscillochloris trichoides nov. comb. Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Biol. 1979; 5:848-857.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Keppen et al. 2000 Keppen OI, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Ivanovsky RN, Gorlenko VM. Proposal of Oscillochloridaceae fam. nov. on the basis of a phylogenetic analysis of the filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria, and emended description of Oscillochloris and Oscillochloris trichoides in comparison with further new isolates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1529-1537. 🇷🇺 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1701-1702.

• 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 2026-08-13. 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 19 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.". 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 Basonym "Oscillatoria trichoides". Publication: Szafer W. Zur Kenntnis der Schwefelflora in der Umgebung von Lemberg. Bulletin International de l'Académie des Sciences de Cracovie, Classe des Sciences Mathématiques et Naturelles Série B 1910; 1910:160-167.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Oscillochloris Gorlenko and Pivovarova 1989

Assigned by: Gorlenko VM, Korotkov SA. Morphological and physiological features of the filamentous gliding green bacteria Oscillochloris trichoides nov. comb. Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Biol. 1979; 5:848-857.

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