Name: Thermothrix thiopara corrig. Caldwell et al. 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thi.o.pa.ra. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur (Latin transliteration thium); L. v. paro, to make, to provide, produce; N.L. fem. adj. thiopara, sulfur-providing, sulfur-depositing

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29244

16S rRNA gene: U61284 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Caldwell DE, Caldwell SJ, Laycock JP. Thermothrix thioparus gen. et sp. nov. a facultatively anaerobic facultative chemolithotroph living at neutral pH and high temperature. Can J Microbiol 1976; 22:1509-1517.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 6. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:215-218.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermothrix thioparus Caldwell et al. 1981	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermothrix Caldwell et al. 1981. Publication: Caldwell DE, Caldwell SJ, Laycock JP. Thermothrix thioparus gen. et sp. nov. a facultatively anaerobic facultative chemolithotroph living at neutral pH and high temperature. Can J Microbiol 1976; 22:1509-1517.
  • According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "genus affiliates with Cupriavidus 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.
  • 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. Not available in ATCC.". 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.
  • The strain ATCC 29244 does not appear in the ATCC catalog. According to Dr. Kuever, pure culture of this strain is lost. — Kuever J. Personal communication, 2010-02-11.

Parent taxon: Thermothrix Caldwell et al. 1981

Assigned by: Caldwell DE, Caldwell SJ, Laycock JP. Thermothrix thioparus gen. et sp. nov. a facultatively anaerobic facultative chemolithotroph living at neutral pH and high temperature. Can J Microbiol 1976; 22:1509-1517.

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