Thioclava

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - GenusThioclava

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Thioclava Sorokin et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thioclava pacifica Sorokin et al. 2005.
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; L. fem. n. clava, stick, staff, cudgel, club; N.L. fem. n. Thioclava, sulfur-oxidizing swollen rod.
Reference: SOROKIN (D.Y.), TOUROVA (T.P.), SPIRIDONOVA (E.M.), RAINEY (F.A.) and MUYZER (G.): Thioclava pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively autotrophic, marine, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a near-shore sulfidic hydrothermal area. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1069-1075.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Thioclava pacifica Sorokin et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain TL 2 = DSM 10166 = UNIQEM 229.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY656719.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. pacifica, pacific, peacemaking, and, by extension, pertaining to the Pacific Ocean, where the type strain was isolated.
Reference: SOROKIN (D.Y.), TOUROVA (T.P.), SPIRIDONOVA (E.M.), RAINEY (F.A.) and MUYZER (G.): Thioclava pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively autotrophic, marine, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a near-shore sulfidic hydrothermal area. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1069-1075.
Original article in IJSEM Online