Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.17955

Name

Thiocapsaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

family

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
order	Chromatiales Imhoff 2005

Members

genus	Thiocapsa Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Guyoneaud et al. 1998
genus	Thiocystis Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff et al. 1998

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this family within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021
class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005 emend. Williams and Kelly 2013
order Chromatiales Imhoff 2005
family Thiocapsaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the family Thiocapsaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.17955.

Source File

10.1601/tx.17955.xml

The original circumscription of Thiocapsaceae Bavendamm 1924 also included the genus Thiosarcina, which was not included on the Approved Lists.


This information was last reviewed on February 10, 2017.

References

Pfennig N, Trüper HG. Conservation of the Family Name Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 with the Type Genus Chromatium Perty 1852 Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1971; 21:15-16. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-21-1-15.
Bavendamm W. Familie: Thiocapsaceae. In: Bavendamm W (ed), Die farblosen und roten Schwefelbakterien des Süß-und Salzwassers, First Edition, Volume 2, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, Berlin-Dahlem, 1924, p. 118-120.