Name: Thiosphaera pantotropha Robertson and Kuenen 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. pantotropha, omnivorous (from Gr. pantotrophos)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 35512; DSM 2944; GB17; JCM 21485; LMD 82.5; NBRC 102493; NCCB 82005

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Effective publication: Robertson LA, Kuenen JG. Thiosphaera pantotropha gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, facultatively autotrophic sulphur bacterium. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983; 129:2847-2855.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 13. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:91-92.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Paracoccus pantotrophus (Robertson and Kuenen 1984) Rainey et al. 1999

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paracoccus pantotrophus (Robertson and Kuenen 1984) Rainey et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Thiosphaera Robertson and Kuenen 1984. Publication: Robertson LA, Kuenen JG. Thiosphaera pantotropha gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, facultatively autotrophic sulphur bacterium. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983; 129:2847-2855.
  • According to Ludwig et al. (1993), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Micrococcus denitrificans" Beijerinck and Minkman 1910. Publication: Ludwig W, Mittenhuber G, Friedrich CG. Transfer of Thiosphaera pantotropha to Paracoccus denitrificans. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:363-367.
  • According to Ludwig et al. (1993), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Paracoccus denitrificans (Beijerinck and Minkman 1910) Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ludwig W, Mittenhuber G, Friedrich CG. Transfer of Thiosphaera pantotropha to Paracoccus denitrificans. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:363-367.
  • According to Rainey et al. (1999), this species is not a later heterotypic synonym of "Micrococcus denitrificans" Beijerinck and Minkman 1910. Publication: Rainey FA, Kelly DP, Stackebrandt E, Burghardt J, Hiraishi A, Katayama Y, Wood AP. A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of Paracoccus denitrificans and a proposal for the combination Paracoccus pantotrophus comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:645-651.
  • According to Rainey et al. (1999), this species is not a later heterotypic synonym of Paracoccus denitrificans (Beijerinck and Minkman 1910) Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Rainey FA, Kelly DP, Stackebrandt E, Burghardt J, Hiraishi A, Katayama Y, Wood AP. A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of Paracoccus denitrificans and a proposal for the combination Paracoccus pantotrophus comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:645-651.
  • Thiosphaera pantotropha is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Thiosphaera.

Parent taxon: Thiosphaera Robertson and Kuenen 1984

Assigned by: Robertson LA, Kuenen JG. Thiosphaera pantotropha gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, facultatively autotrophic sulphur bacterium. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983; 129:2847-2855.

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