Name: Thioclava electrotropha Chang et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … e-lek-TRO-tro-p^ha, feminine

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

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16S rRNA gene: MG208121 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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thioclava sediminum Liu et al. 2017

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thioclava sediminum Liu et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Kim and Lee (2019), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Thioclava sediminum Liu et al. 2017. Publication: Kim YJ, Lee SD. Hahyoungchilella caricis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a rhizosphere mudflat of a halophyte (Carex scabrifolia), transfer of Thioclava arenosa Thongphrom et al. 2017 to Pseudothioclava as Pseudothioclava arenosa gen. nov., comb. nov. and proposal of Thioclava electrotropha Chang et al. 2018 as a later heterosynonym of Thioclava sediminum. J Microbiol 2019; 57:1048-1055. 🇰🇷
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
  • ❗ Thioclava electrotropha is the correct name instead 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 Thioclava.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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