Thiorhodospira

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

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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").

Thiorhodospira Bryantseva et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thiorhodospira sibirica Bryantseva et al. 1999.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Trs. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; Gr. n. rhodon, the rose; L. fem. n. spira, spiral; N.L. fem. n. Thiorhodospira, the spiral rose with sulfur.
Reference: BRYANTSEVA (I.), GORLENKO (V.M.), KOMPANTSEVA (E.I.), IMHOFF (J.F.), SÜLING (J.) and MITYUSHINA (L.): Thiorhodospira sibirica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium from a Siberian soda lake. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 697-703.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Thiorhodospira sibirica Bryantseva et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Gorlenko: A12 = ATCC 700588.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ006530.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. sibirica, pertaining to Siberia (region in northwestern Asia, the name said to come from Sibir, ancient Tatar fortress at the confluence of the rivers Tobol and Irtysh).
Reference: BRYANTSEVA (I.), GORLENKO (V.M.), KOMPANTSEVA (E.I.), IMHOFF (J.F.), SÜLING (J.) and MITYUSHINA (L.): Thiorhodospira sibirica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium from a Siberian soda lake. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 697-703.
Original article in IJSEM Online