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Thalassospirochaeta sargassi gen. nov. sp. nov.

Submitted by Chintalapati, Venkata Ramana

Genus Thalassospirochaeta

Etymology
[Tha.las.so.spi.ro.chae'ta] Gr. n. thalassa, the sea; N.L. fem. n. Spirochaeta, bacterial genus name; N.L. fem. n. Thalassospirochaeta, Spirochaeta-related organism from the sea
Nomenclatural type
Species Thalassospirochaeta sargassiTs
Description
This novel member shows the presence of flagellated genes and genes responsible for flagellar rotation. It is an obligate anaerobe due to the absence of catalase and oxidases. 
Classification
Bacteria » Spirochaetota » Spirochaetia » Spirochaetales » Spirochaetaceae » Thalassospirochaeta
References
Effective publication: Pragya et al., 2024 [1]

Species Thalassospirochaeta sargassiTs

Etymology
[sar.gas'si] N.L. gen. n. sargassi, of Sargassum, referring to the genus name of the brown algae
Nomenclatural type
NCBI Assembly: GCA_028532855.1 Ts
Description
GC content is 43.93. Flagellated and obligate anaerobes. MEP pathway for terpenoid biosynthesis. vanT AMR genes present. 
Classification
Bacteria » Spirochaetota » Spirochaetia » Spirochaetales » Spirochaetaceae » Thalassospirochaeta » Thalassospirochaeta sargassiTs
References
Effective publication: Pragya et al., 2024 [1]

References

  1. Pragya et al. (2024). Phylogenomic analysis of metagenome-assembled genomes indicates new taxa in the order Spirochaetales and proposal of Thalassospirochaeta sargassi gen. nov. sp. nov. from seaweeds. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. DOI:10.1016/j.syapm.2024.126502

Register List Certificate of Validation

On behalf of the Committee on the Systematics of Prokaryotes Described from Sequence Data (SeqCode Committee), we hereby certify that the Register List seqco.de/r:jarzruyb submitted by Chintalapati, Venkata Ramana and including 2 new names has been successfully validated.


Date of Priority: 2024-08-01 07:30 UTC
DOI: 10.57973/seqcode.r:jarzruyb