Thioalkalispira

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

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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").

Thioalkalispira Sorokin et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thioalkalispira microaerophila Sorokin et al. 2002.
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; N.L. n. alkali (from Arabic al-qalyi, the ashes of saltwort), soda ash; L. fem. n. spira, coil, spire; N.L. fem. n. Thioalkalispira, sulfur alkaline spiral.
Reference: SOROKIN (D.Y.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), SJOLLEMA (K.A.) and KUENEN (J.G.): Thioalkalispira microaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel lithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a soda lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 2175-2182.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Thioalkalispira microaerophila Sorokin et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ALEN 1 = DSM 14786 = UNIQEM 212.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF481118.
Etymology: Gr. adj. mikros, small, little; Gr. n. aer aeros, air, gas; N.L. fem. adj. phila (from Gr. fem. adj. philê), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. microaerophila, low-air-loving.
Reference: SOROKIN (D.Y.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), SJOLLEMA (K.A.) and KUENEN (J.G.): Thioalkalispira microaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel lithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a soda lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 2175-2182.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: In the paper by Sorokin et al. 2002, the type strain UNIQEM 212 is erroneously cited as UNICEM 212.