Species Thioalkalicoccus limnaeus

Name: Thioalkalicoccus limnaeus Bryantseva et al. 2000

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: lim.nae’us. Gr. fem. n. limnê, lake, pond, swamp; Gr. masc. adj. limnaîos, pertaining to, living in lakes, swamps; N.L. masc. adj. limnaeus, living in lakes and swamps

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^hi-o-al-ka-li-KOK-kus lim-NA͡E-us, masculine

Type strain: A26

16S rRNA gene: AJ277023 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bryantseva IA, Gorlenko VM, Kompantseva EI, Imhoff JF. Thioalkalicoccus limnaeus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium with bacteriochlorophyll b. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2157-2163. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thialkalicoccus limnaeus corrig. Bryantseva et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, inappropriate correction

• Emendations:
  • Bryantseva et al. 2025 Bryantseva IA, Kyndt JA, Imhoff JF. First genome sequence of a purple sulphur bacterium of the genus Thioalkalicoccus, its characterization as a new isolate of Thioalkalicoccus limnaeus and proposal of strain Um2 as neotype of this species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6657. 🇺🇸 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6689.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thioalkalicoccus Bryantseva et al. 2000. Publication: Bryantseva IA, Gorlenko VM, Kompantseva EI, Imhoff JF. Thioalkalicoccus limnaeus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium with bacteriochlorophyll b. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2157-2163. 🇩🇪
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the genus name, Thioalkalicoccus (sic), was corrected by the List Editor of the IJSEM to Thialkalicoccus (IJSEM 51:267). This correction was withdrawn following a decision of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes at the Xth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology 2002, Paris (See IJSEM 55:527, Session 2, Minute 13). Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Thioalkalicoccus limnaeus, was corrected to Thialkalicoccus limnaeus by the List Editor of the IJSEM [1]. However, during the meeting of the Judicial Commission held during the Xth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology [2], H.G. Trüper proposed that the recommendations governing the use of the connecting vowel should be overruled by the usage in chemistry and physics. Consequently, in combined names, which include terms used in chemistry or physics the connecting vowel shall not be dropped when the following component starts with a vowel and when this may cause ambiguity or uncertainty in meaning [2]. The Judicial Commission unanimously agreed to this proposal [2] and the original spelling, Thioalkalicoccus limnaeus, must be used. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Parent taxon: Thioalkalicoccus Bryantseva et al. 2000

Assigned by: Bryantseva IA, Gorlenko VM, Kompantseva EI, Imhoff JF. Thioalkalicoccus limnaeus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium with bacteriochlorophyll b. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2157-2163. 🇩🇪

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