Leptothrix

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Leptothrix Kützing 1843, genus.
Type species: ¤ Leptothrix ochracea (Roth 1797) Kützing 1843 (Approved Lists 1980).
Synonyms: "Detoniella" Trevisan in de Toni and Trevisan 1889, "Chlamydothrix" Migula 1900.
Etymology: Gr. adj. leptos, fine, small; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Leptothrix, fine hair.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [KÜTZING (F.T.): Phycologia Generalis. Leipzig, 1843.]

Leptothrix cholodnii Mulder and van Veen 1963, species.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain LVMW 99.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not found.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. cholodnii, of Cholodny, named for N. Cholodny, a Russian bacteriologist.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [MULDER (E.G.) and van VEEN (W.L.): Investigations on the Sphaerotilus-Leptothrix group. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology and Serology, 1963, 29, 121-153.]

Leptothrix discophora (ex Schwers 1912) Spring et al. 1997, sp. nov., nom. rev.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain SS-1 = ATCC 43182 = LMG 8141.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: L33975.
Synonyms: "Megalothrix discophora" Schwers 1912, "Leptothrix crassa" Cholodny 1924, "Leptothrix discophora (Schwers 1912) Dorff 1934.
Etymology: Gr. n. diskos, anything quoit-shaped, a disk; Gr. adj. phoros, bearing; N.L. fem. adj. discophora, disk-bearing.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 61. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 601-602. [SPRING (S.), KÄMPFER (P.), LUDWIG (W.) and SCHLEIFER (K.H.): Polyphasic characterization of the genus Leptothrix: new descriptions of Leptothrix mobilis sp. nov. and Leptothrix discophora sp. nov. nom. rev. and emended description of Leptothrix cholodnii emend. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1996, 19, 634-643.]
Validation List N° 61 in IJSEM Online

Leptothrix lopholea Dorff 1934, species.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain LVMW 124.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not found.
Etymology: Gr. n. lophos, a crest; N.L. dim. fem. adj. lopholea, somewhat crested or tufted.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [DORFF (P.): Die Eisenorganismen. Pflanzenforschung, Jena, 1934, 16, 1-62.]

Leptothrix mobilis Spring et al. 1997, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Feox-1 = DSM 10617 = LMG 17066.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X97071.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. mobilis, movable, motile.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 61. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 601-602. [SPRING (S.), KÄMPFER (P.), LUDWIG (W.) and SCHLEIFER (K.H.): Polyphasic characterization of the genus Leptothrix: new descriptions of Leptothrix mobilis sp. nov. and Leptothrix discophora sp. nov. nom. rev. and emended description of Leptothrix cholodnii emend. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1996, 19, 634-643.]
Validation List N° 61 in IJSEM Online

Leptothrix ochracea (Roth 1797) Kützing 1843, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): no culture available.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not available.
Synonyms: "Conferva ochracea" Roth 1797, "Detoniella ochracea" (Roth 1797) Trevisan in de Toni and Trevisan 1889, "Chlamydothrix ochracea" (Roth 1797) Migula 1900, "Sphaerotilus natans forma ochracea" Pringsheim 1949.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. ochracea (from Gr. n. ochra, yellow-ochre), like ochre.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [1 ROTH (A.W.): Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Lipsiae in Bibliopolio I.G. Mulleriano, Fasc. 1, 1797. 2 KÜTZING (F.T.): Phycologia Generalis. Leipzig, 1843.]