Thiodictyon

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Thiodictyon Winogradsky 1888, genus.
Type species: ¤ Thiodictyon elegans Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980).
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Tdc. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; Gr. neut. n. diktuon, a net; N.L. neut. n. Thiodictyon, sulfur net.
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). [WINOGRADSKY (S.): Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Bacterien. Heft I. Zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Schwefelbacterien. Arthur Felix, Leipzig, 1888, pp. 1-120.]

Thiodictyon bacillosum (Winogradsky 1888) Pfennig and Trüper 1971, species.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain DSM 234.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF999974.
Synonyms: "Amoebobacter bacillosus" Winogradsky 1888, "Rhodocapsa suspensa" Molisch 1906.
Etymology: L. dim. n. bacillus, a small rod; L. suff. -osus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of full of, prone to; N.L. neut. adj. bacillosum, full of or made up of small rods.
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 WINOGRADSKY (S.): Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Bacterien. Heft I. Zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Schwefelbacterien. Arthur Felix, Leipzig, 1888, pp. 1-120. 2 PFENNIG (N.) and TRÜPER (H.G.): New nomenclatural combinations in the phototrophic sulfur bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1971, 21, 11-14.]

Thiodictyon elegans Winogradsky 1888, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain DSM 232.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF999973.
Synonym: "Thiodictyon minus" Isachenko 1914.
Etymology: L. adj. elegans, choice, elegant.
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). [WINOGRADSKY (S.): Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Bacterien. Heft I. Zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Schwefelbacterien. Arthur Felix, Leipzig, 1888, pp. 1-120.]