Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.2327

Name

Thiomicrospira Kuenen and Veldkamp 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Boden et al. 2017

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	Piscirickettsiaceae Fryer and Lannan 2005 emend. Dumler et al. 2001

Members

species	Thiomicrospira pelophila Kuenen and Veldkamp 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
species	Thiomicrospira aerophila (Sorokin et al. 2001) Boden et al. 2017
species	Thiomicrospira arctica Knittel et al. 2005
species	Thiomicrospira chilensis Brinkhoff et al. 1999
species	Thiomicrospira crunogena Jannasch et al. 1985
species	Thiomicrospira cyclica (Sorokin et al. 2002) Boden et al. 2017
species	Thiomicrospira denitrificans Timmer-ten Hoor 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)
species	Thiomicrospira frisia Brinkhoff et al. 1999
species	Thiomicrospira halophila Sorokin et al. 2006
species	Thiomicrospira hydrogeniphila Watsuji et al. 2016
species	Thiomicrospira kuenenii Brinkhoff et al. 1999
species	Thiomicrospira microaerophila (Sorokin et al. 2007) Boden et al. 2017
species	Thiomicrospira psychrophila Knittel et al. 2005
species	Thiomicrospira sibirica (Sorokin et al. 2001) Boden et al. 2017
species	Thiomicrospira thermophila Takai et al. 2004
species	Thiomicrospira thyasirae (Wood and Kelly 1995) Wood and Kelly 1995 emend. Boden et al. 2017

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 Thiotrichales Garrity et al. 2005
family Piscirickettsiaceae Fryer and Lannan 2005 emend. Dumler et al. 2001
genus Thiomicrospira Kuenen and Veldkamp 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Boden et al. 2017

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 Thiomicrospira Kuenen and Veldkamp 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Boden et al. 2017. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.2327.

Source File

10.1601/tx.2327.xml


This information was last reviewed on June 7, 2017.

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