Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.1893

Name

Thiobacillus thiooxidans Waksman and Joffe 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

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

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Boden et al. 2017

Type Strain

representative organism

NCIMB 8343^T (=ATCC 19377)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species 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 Betaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006 emend. Boden et al. 2017
order Nitrosomonadales Garrity et al. 2006 emend. Boden et al. 2017
family Thiobacillaceae Boden et al. 2017
genus Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Boden et al. 2017
species Thiobacillus thiooxidans Waksman and Joffe 1922 (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 species Thiobacillus thiooxidans Waksman and Joffe 1922 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.1893.

Source File

10.1601/tx.1893.xml

References

Waksman SA, Joffe JS. Microorganisms Concerned in the Oxidation of Sulfur in the Soil: II. Thiobacillus Thiooxidans, a New Sulfur-oxidizing Organism Isolated from the Soil. J Bacteriol 1922; 7:239-256. [PubMed].