Name: Thiodictyon bacillosum (Winogradsky 1888) Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Amoebobacter bacillosus" Winogradsky 1888

Etymology: ba.cil.lo’sum. L. masc. n. bacillus, a small rod; L. adj. suff. -osus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of full of, prone to; N.L. neut. adj. bacillosum, full of or made up of small rods

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ba-kil-LO-sum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 234; SMG 234; Zeulenroda

16S rRNA gene: EF999974 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pfennig N, Trüper HG. New nomenclatural combinations in the phototrophic sulfur bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:11-14.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Amoebobacter bacillosus" Winogradsky 1888	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thiodictyon Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pfennig N, Trüper HG. New nomenclatural combinations in the phototrophic sulfur bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:11-14.

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Record number: 782738