Name: "Thiosocius teredinicola" Altamia et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 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)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 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.
  • 🧍 Regarded as 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.

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