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Species "Thiosocius teredinicola"
Name: "Thiosocius teredinicola" Altamia et al. 2019
Etymology: te.re.di.ni’co.la. L. fem. n. teredo, ship-worm; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. teredinicola, shipworm-dweller
Pronunciation, gender: te-re-di-NI-ko-la, masculine
Nomenclatural type: 2141T.STBD.0c.01a; DSM 108030; PMS-2141T. STBD.0c.01a
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
CP019936
Analyse
FASTA
Original publication:
Altamia MA, Shipway JR, Concepcion GP, Haygood MG, Distel DL. Thiosocius teredinicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotrophic endosymbiont cultivated from the gills of the giant shipworm, Kuphus polythalamius. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:638-644. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Thiosocius" Altamia et al. 2019.
Publication:
Altamia MA, Shipway JR, Concepcion GP, Haygood MG, Distel DL. Thiosocius teredinicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotrophic endosymbiont cultivated from the gills of the giant shipworm, Kuphus polythalamius. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:638-644.
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🧍 Considered not validly published. Type strain only deposited in one culture collection.
Publication:
Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Thiosocius" Altamia et al. 2019.
Publication:
Altamia MA, Shipway JR, Concepcion GP, Haygood MG, Distel DL. Thiosocius teredinicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotrophic endosymbiont cultivated from the gills of the giant shipworm, Kuphus polythalamius. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:638-644.
Parent taxon: "Thiosocius" Altamia et al. 2019
Assigned by:
Altamia MA, Shipway JR, Concepcion GP, Haygood MG, Distel DL. Thiosocius teredinicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotrophic endosymbiont cultivated from the gills of the giant shipworm, Kuphus polythalamius. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:638-644.
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Record number: 800141
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