Thiobacterium

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

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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").

Thiobacterium (ex Janke 1924) La Riviere and Kuenen 1989, gen. nov., nom. rev.
Type species: ¤ Thiobacterium bovistum corrig. (ex Molisch 1912) La Riviere and Kuenen 1989.
Synonyms: "Thiobacterium" Janke 1924, "Thiodendron" Lackey and Lackey 1961.
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Thiobacterium, small sulfur rod.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 31. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 495-497. [LA RIVIERE (J.W.M.) and KUENEN (J.G.): Genus Thiobacterium (ex Janke 1924) Nom. Rev. In: J.T. STALEY, M.P. BRYANT, N. PFENNIG and J.G. HOLT (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 3, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 1838.]
Validation List N° 31 in IJSEM Online

Thiobacterium bovistum corrig. (ex Molisch 1912) La Riviere and Kuenen 1989, sp. nov., nom. rev. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): no culture available (description is found in Janke 1924. Allgemeine Technische Mikrobiologie. I. Teil: Die Mikroorganismen. T. Steinkopf, Dresden und Leipzig.).
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not available.
Synonyms: "Bacterium bovista" Molisch 1912, "Thiobacterium bovista" (Molisch 1912) Janke 1924, "Thiodendron mucosum" Lackey and Lackey 1961.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Bovista, a genus of puffballs; N.L. fem. n. bovista, puffball; N.L. neut. (?) adj. (?) bovistum, ? (see note below).
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 31. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 495-497. [LA RIVIERE (J.W.M.) and KUENEN (J.G.): Genus Thiobacterium (ex Janke 1924) Nom. Rev. In: J.T. STALEY, M.P. BRYANT, N. PFENNIG and J.G. HOLT (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 3, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 1838.]
Validation List N° 31 in IJSEM Online

Note: The original spelling, Thiobacterium bovista was corrected by the Associate Editor, IJSB. However, the epithet bovista (nominative in apposition) is correct: Thiobacterium bovista may be understood as Thiobacterium dictum bovista and translated as “Thiobacterium called the puffball”.