Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.2284

Name

Thiothrix fructosivorans Howarth et al. 1999

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	Thiothrix Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Boden and Scott 2018

Type Strain

representative organism

Q^T (=ATCC 49748)

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 Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005 emend. Williams and Kelly 2013
order Thiotrichales Garrity et al. 2005
family Beggiatoaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus Thiothrix Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Boden and Scott 2018
species Thiothrix fructosivorans Howarth et al. 1999

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 Thiothrix fructosivorans Howarth et al. 1999. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.2284.

Source File

10.1601/tx.2284.xml

References

Howarth R, Unz RF, Seviour EM, Seviour RJ, Blackall LL, Pickup RW, Jones JG, Yaguchi J, Head IM. Phylogenetic relationships of filamentous sulfur bacteria (Thiothrix spp. and Eikelboom type 021N bacteria) isolated from wastewater-treatment plants and description of Thiothrix eikelboomii sp. nov., Thiothrix unzii sp. nov., Thiothrix fructosivorans sp. nov. and Thiothrix defluvii sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1817-1827. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-4-1817 [PubMed].