Electrothrix gigas sp. nov.
Submitted by Schramm, Andreas
Species Electrothrix gigas
- Etymology
- [gi'gas] N.L. masc. n. gigas, a giant (nominative in apposition), referring to its very large cell diameter
- Nomenclatural type
- NCBI Assembly: GCA_022766165.1 Ts
- Reference Strain
- AU1_5 (TS)
- Description
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Filamentous bacteria of centimeter length that inhabit the surface of marine and coastal sediment and conduct electrons from sulfide-oxidizing cells to oxygen-reducing cells. Cell diameters >2.5 µm (commonly 2.5-8 µm). Gliding motility. Gram-negative, with distinct ridges running longitudinally along the filament. Can assimilate acetate and propionate; CO2 fixation via the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway. Contains c-type cytochromes and type IV pili (PilA). Polyphosphate and polyglucose storage. Distinguishable by size, 16S rRNA gene sequence and genome.
- Classification
- Bacteria » Desulfobacterota » Desulfobulbia » Desulfobales » Desulfobulbaceae » Electrothrix » Electrothrix gigas
- References
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Effective publication:
Geelhoed et al., 2023 [1]
- Registry URL
- https://seqco.de/i:32701
References
- Geelhoed et al. (2023). Indications for a genetic basis for big bacteria and description of the giant cable bacterium Candidatus Electrothrix gigas sp. nov. Microbiology Spectrum. DOI:10.1128/spectrum.00538-23
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:wjq117qc submitted by Schramm, Andreas and including 1 new name has been successfully validated.
Date of Priority:
2023-12-22 10:46 UTC
DOI: 10.57973/seqcode.r:wjq117qc
