Name: Thioclava electrotropha Chang et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.lec.tro.tro’pha Gr. n. electron, amber, and N.L. electron electron; Gr. n. trophos, feeder, rearer, that which nourishes; N.L. fem. adj. electrotropha, feeding of electrons

Type strains: ATCC TSD-100; DSM 103712; Elox9

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM088033 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chang R, Bird L, Barr C, Osburn M, Wilbanks E, Nealson K, Rowe A. Thioclava electrotropha sp. nov., a versatile electrode and sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from marine sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1652-1658.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2413-2415.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hördt A, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Göker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front. Microbiol. 2020; 11:468.
    Notes:
    • As of 2020-04-15 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

Parent taxon: Thioclava Sorokin et al. 2005

Assigned by: Chang R, Bird L, Barr C, Osburn M, Wilbanks E, Nealson K, Rowe A. Thioclava electrotropha sp. nov., a versatile electrode and sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from marine sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1652-1658.

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