Thiomargarita

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

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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").

Thiomargarita Schulz et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thiomargarita namibiensis Schulz et al. 1999.
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; L. fem. n. margarita, pearl; N.L. fem. n. Thiomargarita, sulfur pearl.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 71. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1325-1326. [SCHULZ (H.N.), BRINKHOFF (T.), FERDELMAN (T.G.), HERNÁNDEZ MARINÉ (M.), TESKE (A.) and JØRGENSEN (B.B.): Dense population of a giant sulfur bacterium in Namibian shelf sediments. Science, 1999, 284, 493-495.]
Validation List N° 71 in IJSEM Online (PDF Format)

Thiomargarita namibiensis Schulz et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): description; no pure culture isolated.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not available.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. namibiensis, pertaining to Namibia.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 71. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1325-1326. [SCHULZ (H.N.), BRINKHOFF (T.), FERDELMAN (T.G.), HERNÁNDEZ MARINÉ (M.), TESKE (A.) and JØRGENSEN (B.B.): Dense population of a giant sulfur bacterium in Namibian shelf sediments. Science, 1999, 284, 493-495.]
Validation List N° 71 in IJSEM Online (PDF Format)