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Name: Thiocapsa imhoffii Asao et al. 2024
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; NBRC 115608; SC 5
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16S rRNA gene: DQ498828 Analyse FASTA
Effective 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.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 216. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6229.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: 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: 46513