Name: Thiomicrospira thyasirae corrig. (Wood and Kelly 1995) Wood and Kelly 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thiobacillus thyasiris Wood and Kelly 1995

Etymology: thy.a.si’rae. N.L. fem. n. Thyasira, a genus of the bivalve mollusk family of the Thyasiridae; N.L. gen. fem. n. thyasirae, of Thyasira, isolated from Thyasira flexuosa

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … t^hy-a-SI-ra͡e, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51452; DSM 5322; TG-2

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF016046 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wood AP, Kelly DP. Reclassification of Thiobacillus thyasiris as Thiomicrospira thyasirae comb. nov., an organism exhibiting pleomorphism in response to environmental conditions. Arch. Microbiol. 1993; 159:45-47. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 53. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:418-419.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiobacillus thyasiris Wood and Kelly 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Boden et al. 2017 Boden R, Scott KM, Williams J, Russel S, Antonen K, Rae AW, Hutt LP. An evaluation of Thiomicrospira, Hydrogenovibrio and Thioalkalimicrobium: reclassification of four species of Thiomicrospira to each Thiomicrorhabdus gen. nov. and Hydrogenovibrio, and reclassification of all four species of Thioalkalimicrobium to Thiomicrospira. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1140-1151. 🇬🇧 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

• 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thiomicrospira Kuenen and Veldkamp 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wood AP, Kelly DP. Reclassification of Thiobacillus thyasiris as Thiomicrospira thyasirae comb. nov., an organism exhibiting pleomorphism in response to environmental conditions. Arch. Microbiol. 1993; 159:45-47. 🇬🇧

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