Name: Thiothrix flexilis Aruga et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fle.xi’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. flexilis, pliable

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 14609; EJ2M-B; JCM 11135

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB042545 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Aruga S, Kamagata Y, Kohno T, Hanada S, Nakamura K, Kanagawa T. Characterization of filamentous Eikelboom type 021N bacteria and description of Thiothrix disciformis sp. nov. and Thiothrix flexilis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1309-1316.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thiofilum flexile (Aruga et al. 2002) Boden and Scott 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiofilum flexile (Aruga et al. 2002) Boden and Scott 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thiothrix flexilis is the correct name instead 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 Thiothrix.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thiothrix Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Aruga S, Kamagata Y, Kohno T, Hanada S, Nakamura K, Kanagawa T. Characterization of filamentous Eikelboom type 021N bacteria and description of Thiothrix disciformis sp. nov. and Thiothrix flexilis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1309-1316.

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Record number: 782775