Name: Thiothrix subterranea Ravin et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.ter.ra’ne.a. L. fem. adj. subterranea, underground, below the earth surface, from where the strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 113265; KCTC 25256; Ku-5; UQM 41459; VKM B-3544

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP053482 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ravin NV, Rudenko TS, Smolyakov DD, Beletsky AV, Rakitin AL, Markov ND, Fomenkov A, Sun L, Roberts RJ, Novikov AA, et al. Comparative Genome Analysis of the Genus Thiothrix Involving Three Novel Species, Thiothrix subterranea sp. nov. Ku-5, Thiothrix litoralis sp. nov. AS and "Candidatus Thiothrix anitrata" sp. nov. A52, Revealed the Conservation of the Pathways of Dissimilatory Sulfur Metabolism and Variations in the Genetic Inventory for Nitrogen Metabolism and Autotrophic Carbon Fixation. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:760289.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 211. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5845.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thiothrix Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ravin NV, Rudenko TS, Smolyakov DD, Beletsky AV, Rakitin AL, Markov ND, Fomenkov A, Sun L, Roberts RJ, Novikov AA, et al. Comparative Genome Analysis of the Genus Thiothrix Involving Three Novel Species, Thiothrix subterranea sp. nov. Ku-5, Thiothrix litoralis sp. nov. AS and "Candidatus Thiothrix anitrata" sp. nov. A52, Revealed the Conservation of the Pathways of Dissimilatory Sulfur Metabolism and Variations in the Genetic Inventory for Nitrogen Metabolism and Autotrophic Carbon Fixation. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:760289.

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