Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.2132

Name

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

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

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

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sisinthy et al. 2017

Members

species	Thiocystis violacea Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)
species	Thiocystis cadagnonensis Peduzzi et al. 2011
species	Thiocystis chemoclinalis Peduzzi et al. 2011
species	Thiocystis gelatinosa (Winogradsky 1888) Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
species	Thiocystis minor (Winogradsky 1888) Imhoff et al. 1998
species	Thiocystis violascens (Perty 1852) Imhoff et al. 1998

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus 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 Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sisinthy et al. 2017
genus Thiocystis Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff et al. 1998

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 genus Thiocystis Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff et al. 1998. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.2132.

Source File

10.1601/tx.2132.xml


This information was last reviewed on July 12, 2011.

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.
Winogradsky S. Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Bacterien. Zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Schwefelbakterien., Arthur Felix, Leipzig, 1888, p. 1-120.
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.
Pfennig N, Trüper HG. New nomenclatural combinations in the phototrophic sulfur bacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1971; 21:11-14. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-21-1-11.
Peduzzi S, Welsh A, Demarta A, Decristophoris P, Peduzzi R, Hahn D, Tonolla M. Thiocystis chemoclinalis sp. nov. and Thiocystis cadagnonensis sp. nov., motile purple sulfur bacteria isolated from the chemocline of a meromictic lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1682-1687. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.010397-0 [PubMed].
Imhoff JF, Süling J, Petri R. Phylogenetic relationships among the Chromatiaceae, their taxonomic reclassification and description of the new genera Allochromatium, Halochromatium, Isochromatium, Marichromatium, Thiococcus, Thiohalocapsa and Thermochromatium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1129-1143. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-4-1129 [PubMed].