Species Toxothrix trichogenes

Name: Toxothrix trichogenes (Cholodny 1924) Beger 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Leptothrix trichogenes" Cholodny 1924

Etymology: tri.cho’ge.nes. Gr. fem. n. thrix (gen. trichos), hair; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. fem. part. adj. trichogenes, hair-producing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: TO-xo-t^hrix tri-K^HO-ge-nes, feminine

Type strain: no culture isolated

Effective publication: Beger H, Bringmann G. Die Scheidenstruktur des Abwasserbakteriums Sphaerotilus und des Eisenbakteriums Leptothrix im elektronenmikroskopischen Bilde und ihre Bedeutung für die Systematik dieser Gattungen. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1953; 107:318-334.

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, lectotype

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Leptothrix trichogenes" Cholodny 1924	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Toxothrix Molisch 1925 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Molisch H. Über Kalkbakterien und andere kalkfällende Pilze. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1925; 65:130-139.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Beger) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Beger and Bringmann).
  • 😷 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 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.". 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Toxothrix Molisch 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Beger H, Bringmann G. Die Scheidenstruktur des Abwasserbakteriums Sphaerotilus und des Eisenbakteriums Leptothrix im elektronenmikroskopischen Bilde und ihre Bedeutung für die Systematik dieser Gattungen. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1953; 107:318-334.

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