Name: Thiobacillus thyasiris Wood and Kelly 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Thyasira, a genus of the bivalve mollusk family of the Thyasiridae; N.L. gen. fem. n. thyasiris, of Thyasira, isolated from Thyasira flexuosa

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51452; DSM 5322; TG-2

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16S rRNA gene: AF016046 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wood AP, Kelly DP. Isolation and physiological characterisation of Thiobacillus thyasiris sp. nov., a novel marine facultative autotroph and the putative symbiont to Thyasira flexuosa. Arch. Microbiol. 1989; 152:160-166.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 53. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:418-419.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thiomicrospira thyasirae (Wood and Kelly 1995) Wood and Kelly 1995

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiomicrospira thyasirae (Wood and Kelly 1995) Wood and Kelly 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Thiobacillus thyasiris is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Thiobacillus.

Parent taxon: Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wood AP, Kelly DP. Isolation and physiological characterisation of Thiobacillus thyasiris sp. nov., a novel marine facultative autotroph and the putative symbiont to Thyasira flexuosa. Arch. Microbiol. 1989; 152:160-166.

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Record number: 782723