Name: Thiorhodococcus minor corrig. Guyoneaud et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi’nor. L. comp. masc. adj. minor, smaller

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … MI-nor, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700259; CE2203; DSM 11518

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y11316 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Guyoneaud R, Matheron R, Liesack W, Imhoff JF, Caumette P. Thiorhodococcus minus, gen. nov., sp. nov., A new purple sulfur bacterium isolated from coastal lagoon sediments. Arch Microbiol 1997; 168:16-23.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 64. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:327-328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiorhodococcus minus Guyoneaud et al. 1998	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thiorhodococcus Guyoneaud et al. 1998. Publication: Guyoneaud R, Matheron R, Liesack W, Imhoff JF, Caumette P. Thiorhodococcus minus, gen. nov., sp. nov., A new purple sulfur bacterium isolated from coastal lagoon sediments. Arch Microbiol 1997; 168:16-23.
  • 😷 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 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 48:1131; Thiorhodococcus minus (sic). Publication: Imhoff JF, Suling J, Petri R. Phylogenetic relationships among the Chromatiaceae, their taxonomic reclassification and description of the new genera Allochromatium, Halochromatium, Isochromatium, Marichromatium, Thiococcus, Thiohalocapsa and Thermochromatium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1129-1143. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Thiorhodococcus minus (sic), has been corrected by Imhoff et al. 1998. Publication: Imhoff JF, Suling J, Petri R. Phylogenetic relationships among the Chromatiaceae, their taxonomic reclassification and description of the new genera Allochromatium, Halochromatium, Isochromatium, Marichromatium, Thiococcus, Thiohalocapsa and Thermochromatium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1129-1143. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Thiorhodococcus Guyoneaud et al. 1998

Assigned by: Guyoneaud R, Matheron R, Liesack W, Imhoff JF, Caumette P. Thiorhodococcus minus, gen. nov., sp. nov., A new purple sulfur bacterium isolated from coastal lagoon sediments. Arch Microbiol 1997; 168:16-23.

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