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Electrothrix

Citation

Formal styling
Electrothrix Plum-Jensen et al., 2024
Effective publication
Plum-Jensen et al., 2024
SeqCode status
Valid (SeqCode)
Register List
seqco.de/r:lmyvwfoa (validated)
Cannonical URL
https://seqco.de/i:32140

Nomenclature

Rank
Genus
Inferred stem
Electrotrich-
Syllabication
E.lec'tro.thrix
Etymology
Gr. neut. n. êlektron, amber (which is the origin of the term electric); Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Electrothrix, electric hair
Nomenclatural type
Electrothrix communisTs
Nomenclatural status
Validly published under the SeqCode

Taxonomy

Description
Multicellular filaments, up to several centimeters in length, with 15 to >70 characteristic longitudinal ridges and shared periplasm across cells; electron-conducting; typically spanning the suboxic zone in surface sediments; individual cells are 0.4–8 µm × 2-3 µm in size; polyphosphate inclusions; no sulfur inclusions; gliding motility; mostly marine, including coastal, salt marsh and salt lake inhabiting.
Notes
First proposed as Candidatus Electrothrix on the basis of 16S rRNA and dsrAB sequences by Trojan et al. 2016
First genome published by Kjeldsen et al. 2019
First complete/high-quality genomes by Sereika et al. 2023 and Geelhoed et al. 2023.
First enrichment, first closed genome, and proposal for valid publication as Electrothrix under the SeqCode: Plum-Jensen et al., 2024
Classification
Bacteria » Desulfobacterota » Desulfobulbia » Desulfobales » Desulfobulbaceae » Electrothrix
Parent
Desulfobulbaceae ncbigtdb assigned in Trojan et al., 2016
Children (8)

Metadata

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Local history
Registered by
Schramm, Andreas 5 months ago
Submitted by
Schramm, Andreas 2 months ago
Curators
Endorsed by
Palmer, Marike about 2 months ago
Validated by
Palmer, Marike about 2 months ago

Publications
6

Citation Title
Plum-Jensen et al., 2024, Systematic and Applied Microbiology First single-strain enrichments of Electrothrix cable bacteria, description of E. aestuarii sp. nov. and E. rattekaaiensis sp. nov., and proposal of a cable bacteria taxonomy following the rules of the SeqCode
Effective publication
Geelhoed et al., 2023, Microbiology Spectrum Indications for a genetic basis for big bacteria and description of the giant cable bacterium Candidatus Electrothrix gigas sp. nov
Sereika et al., 2023, The ISME Journal Closed genomes uncover a saltwater species of Candidatus Electronema and shed new light on the boundary between marine and freshwater cable bacteria
Oren et al., 2020, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa
Kjeldsen et al., 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences On the evolution and physiology of cable bacteria
Trojan et al., 2016, Systematic and Applied Microbiology A taxonomic framework for cable bacteria and proposal of the candidate genera Electrothrix and Electronema
Assigned this taxon


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