Name: "Sphaerotilus discophorus" (Spring et al. 1997 ex Schwers 1912) Smolyakov et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Leptothrix discophora (ex Schwers 1912) Spring et al. 1997

Etymology: dis.co’pho.rus. Gr. masc. n. diskos, anything quoit-shaped, a disk; Gr. masc./fem. adj. phoros, bearing; N.L. masc. adj. discophorus, disk-bearing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … dis-KO-p^ho-rus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 43182; CCM 2812; LMG 8141; SS-1

16S rRNA gene: Z18533 Analyse FASTA

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 discophora (ex Schwers 1912) Spring et al. 1997

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Leptothrix discophora (ex Schwers 1912) Spring et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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: 68196