Name: Thiospirillum jenense (Ehrenberg 1838) Migula 1900 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Ophidomonas jenensis" Ehrenberg 1838

Etymology: je.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. jenense, pertaining to Jena, Germany, the city where Ehrenberg discovered this organism

Pronunciation, gender: je-NEN-se, neuter

Type strain: 1112; DSM 216; Ostrau; SMG 216

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MZ852769 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Migula W. System der Bakterien, Vol. 2. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1900.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Ophidomonas jenensis" Ehrenberg 1838	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thiospirillum Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Winogradsky S. Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Bacterien. Heft I. Zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Schwefelbacterien. Arthur Felix, Leipzig, 1888.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection. Not available in DSMZ.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • 🧍 The type strain DSM 216 is unavailable. Publication: Trueper HG, Imhoff JF. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF THE PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA: Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:925-926.

Parent taxon: Thiospirillum Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Migula W. System der Bakterien, Vol. 2. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1900.

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Record number: 785096