Name: Thiothrix lacustris Chernousova et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.cus’tris. N.L. masc./fem. adj. lacustris, belonging to a lake, referring to the site from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BL; DSM 21227; VKM B-2521

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU642572 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chernousova E, Gridneva E, Grabovich M, Dubinina G, Akimov V, Rossetti S, Kuever J. Thiothrix caldifontis sp. nov. and Thiothrix lacustris sp. nov., gammaproteobacteria isolated from sulfide springs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3128-3135.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:473-474.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Thiothrix Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Chernousova E, Gridneva E, Grabovich M, Dubinina G, Akimov V, Rossetti S, Kuever J. Thiothrix caldifontis sp. nov. and Thiothrix lacustris sp. nov., gammaproteobacteria isolated from sulfide springs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3128-3135.

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