Etymology:
Thi.o.ba.cil’lus. Gr. neut. n.theîon, sulfur (Latin transliteration thium); L. masc. n.bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n.Thiobacillus, sulfur rodlet
Effective publication:
Beijerinck MW. Phénomènes de réduction produits par les microbes. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles (Section 2) 1904; 9:131-157.
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
Risk group:
1
Emendations:
Boden et al. 2017
Boden R, Hutt LP, Rae AW. Reclassification of Thiobacillus aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) as Annwoodia aquaesulis gen. nov., comb. nov., transfer of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) from the Hydrogenophilales to the Nitrosomonadales, proposal of Hydrogenophilalia class. nov. within the 'Proteobacteria', and four new families within the orders Nitrosomonadales and Rhodocyclales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1191-1205.
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498. Notes:
⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 species from the genus.
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Thiobacillaceae Boden et al. 2017.Publication:
Boden R, Hutt LP, Rae AW. Reclassification of Thiobacillus aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) as Annwoodia aquaesulis gen. nov., comb. nov., transfer of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) from the Hydrogenophilales to the Nitrosomonadales, proposal of Hydrogenophilalia class. nov. within the 'Proteobacteria', and four new families within the orders Nitrosomonadales and Rhodocyclales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1191-1205.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the tribe Thiobacilleae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Pribram E. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS. J Bacteriol 1929; 18:361-394.
🧕 Bergey et al. (1923) assigned this genus to the tribe "Nitrobactereae".Publication:
Waksman SA. Genus III. Actinomyces Harz,. In: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923, p. 339-371.
🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Hydrogenophilaceae".Publication:
Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the tribe Thiobacilleae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family "Thiobacteriaceae" Orla-Jensen 1909.Publication:
Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Hydrogenophilaceae Garrity et al. 2006.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Hydrogenophilaceae 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 C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 763.
🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Chromatibacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
🧕 Pribram (1929) assigned this genus to the tribe Thiobacilleae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Pribram E. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS. J Bacteriol 1929; 18:361-394.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ihiobacillus"; "Tbiobacillm"; "Tbiobacillus"; "Tbiubacillus"; "Thiabacillus"; "Thibacillus"; "Thicbacillus"; "Thinbacillus"; "Thinbucillus"; "Thiobacfllus"; "Thiobaciffus"; "Thiobacifhs"; "Thiobaciflus"; "Thiobaciilus"; "Thiobacilfus"; "Thiobacilhis"; "Thiobacilius"; "Thiobacilliis"; "Thiobacilllus"; "Thiobacilltis"; "Thiobacillusare"; "Thiobaciltus"; "Thiobacilus"; "Thiobaclilus"; "Thiobacllius"; "Thiobaclllus"; "Thiobacllus"; "Thiobacrllus"; "Thiobactllus"; "Thiobadllus"; "Thiobaeillus"; "Thiobocillua"; "Thiobocillus"; "Thiobucillus"; "Thiohacillus"; "Thiubacillus"; "Thlobacillus"; "Thobacillus"; "Thwbacillus"; "Tiobacillus"; "Tiziobacillus"; "Tliiobacillus"; "Tlziobacillus"; "Tlziobucillus"; "Vhiobacillus".
💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Boden (2017). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 25; ATCC: 21; CIP: 12; JCM: 11; NBRC: 11; IFO: 7; NCIMB: 7; NCCB: 6; VKM: 4; KCTC: 1.
😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "X: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1".
🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "THBC" 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.
🧍 See Boden et al. (2019) for a taxonomic overview of the genus.Publication:
Boden R, Hutt LP, Rae A. Thiobacillus. In: Unknown e (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2019, p. 1-9.
🧍 Differentiation of Thiomicrospira species from Thiobacillus species on the basis of morphology is no longer valid because Thiomicrospira chilensis Brinkhoff et al. 1999 and Thiomicrospira frisia Brinkhoff et al. 1999 are two species described that have a rod-shaped morphology.Publication:
Brinkhoff T, Muyzer G, Wirsen CO, Kuever J. Thiomicrospira chilensis sp. nov., a mesophilic obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfuroxidizing bacterium isolated from a Thioploca mat. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:875-879.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 22 Total number of child taxa: 29
Assigned by:
Boden R, Hutt LP, Rae AW. Reclassification of Thiobacillus aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) as Annwoodia aquaesulis gen. nov., comb. nov., transfer of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) from the Hydrogenophilales to the Nitrosomonadales, proposal of Hydrogenophilalia class. nov. within the 'Proteobacteria', and four new families within the orders Nitrosomonadales and Rhodocyclales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1191-1205.
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