Name: "Thiocapsa imhoffii" Asao et al. 2007
Etymology: im.hof’fi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. imhoffii, of Imhoff, named in honor of Johannes F. Imhoff, a German microbiologist who along with Hans G. Trüper first initiated extensive work on the purple bacteria of soda lakes
Type strain: ATCC BAA-1499; SC 5
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16S rRNA gene: DQ498828 Analyse FASTA
Original publication: Asao M, Takaichi S, Madigan MT. Thiocapsa imhoffii, sp. nov., an alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium of the family Chromatiaceae from Soap Lake, Washington (USA). Arch Microbiol 2007; 188:665-675.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Thiocapsa Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Asao M, Takaichi S, Madigan MT. Thiocapsa imhoffii, sp. nov., an alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium of the family Chromatiaceae from Soap Lake, Washington (USA). Arch Microbiol 2007; 188:665-675.
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Record number: 790166