Name: "Sphaerotilus cholodnii" (Mulder and van Veen 1963) Smolyakov et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Leptothrix cholodnii Mulder and van Veen 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: cho.lod’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. cholodnii, of Cholodny, named for N. Cholodny, a Russian bacteriologist

Pronunciation, gender: k^ho-LOD-ni-i, masculine

Nomenclatural type: LVMW 99

Original publication: Smolyakov DD, Beletsky AV, Rudenko TS, Gureeva MV, Ravin NV, Grabovich MY. Comparative genome analysis of the Sphaerotilus-Leptothrix group supports the unification of the genera Sphaerotilus and Leptothrix into a single emended genus Sphaerotilus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126666.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Leptothrix cholodnii Mulder and van Veen 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Leptothrix cholodnii Mulder and van Veen 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: ATCC 51168; LMG 7171; SP 6.

Parent taxon: Sphaerotilus Kützing 1833 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Smolyakov DD, Beletsky AV, Rudenko TS, Gureeva MV, Ravin NV, Grabovich MY. Comparative genome analysis of the Sphaerotilus-Leptothrix group supports the unification of the genera Sphaerotilus and Leptothrix into a single emended genus Sphaerotilus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126666.

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Record number: 68195