Effective publication:
Örsted AS. De Regionibus marinis. Elementa Topographiae Historiconaturalis Freti Oeresund. Inaugural Dissertation. J.C. Scharling, Copenhagen, 1844.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Emendations:
Zhang et al. 2015
Zhang Z, Gao X, Wang L, Zhang XH. Leucothrix pacifica sp. nov., isolated from seawater, and emended description of the genus Leucothrix. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2397-2402.
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3768-3770. Notes:
⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Leucotrichaceae Boden and Scott 2018.Publication:
Boden R, Scott KM. Evaluation of the genus Thiothrix Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Aruga et al. 2002: reclassification of Thiothrix disciformis to Thiolinea disciformis gen. nov., comb. nov., and of Thiothrix flexilis to Thiofilum flexile gen. nov., comb nov., with emended description of Thiothrix. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2226-2239.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Leucotrichaceae Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Buchanan RE. Family III. Leucotrichaceae Buchanan, Fam. Nov. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 850-851.
🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Thiotrichaceae Garrity et al. 2005.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Thiotrichaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 131.
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; ATCC: 1; MCCC: 1; JCM: 1; KCTC: 1; NBRC: 1.
🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably belonging to Bacteria. — 🧍 Originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but actually affiliated with other bacteria.Publication:
Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
🧍 Leucothrix Oersted 1844 (Approved Lists 1980) is an earlier homonym of a genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Leucothrix Munro, 1929. — Crook M. Personal communication, 2021-08-19.
🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "LETX" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4 Total number of child taxa: 5
Assigned by:
Buchanan RE. Family II. Leucotrichaceae Buchanan, Fam. Nov. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, seventh edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 850-851.
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