Table 1: Complete list of names proposed in the current register list.
| Proposed Taxon | Etymology | Description | Parent Taxon | Type | Registry URL |
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| Genus Electrothrix | [E.lec'tro.thrix] 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 | 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.
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Desulfobulbaceae | Electrothrix communisTs | seqco.de/i:32140 |
| Species Electrothrix rattekaaiensis | [rat.te.kaai.en'sis] N.L. fem. adj. rattekaaiensis, from Rattekaai, referring to the location of sample collection | Filamentous bacteria of centimeter length that inhabit the surface of brackish/intertidal sediment and conduct electrons from sulfide-oxidizing cells to oxygen-reducing cells. Gliding motility. Gram-negative, with 15 distinct ridges running longitudinally along the filament. Width of individual cells is 1.2 µm. Can assimilate acetate and propionate; CO2 fixation via the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway. Contains c-type cytochromes, type IV pili (PilA) and Na+antiporters. Polyphosphate and polyglucose storage. Distinguishable by morphology and genome.
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Electrothrix | NCBI Assembly: GCA_032595675.1 Ts | seqco.de/i:33364 |
| Species Electrothrix aestuarii | [ae.stu.a'ri.i] L. gen. n. aestuarii, of a tidal flat/estuary, referring to the habitat it was collected from | Filamentous bacteria of centimeter length that inhabit the surface of brackish/intertidal sediment and conduct electrons from sulfide-oxidizing cells to oxygen-reducing cells. Gliding motility. Gram-negative, with 15 distinct ridges running longitudinally along the filament. Width of individual cells is 1.2 µm. Can assimilate acetate and propionate; CO2fixation via the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway. Contains c-type cytochromes, type IV pili (PilA) and Na+ antiporters. Polyphosphate and polyglucose storage. Distinguishable by morphology and genome.
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Electrothrix | NCBI Assembly: GCA_032595685.1 Ts | seqco.de/i:33363 |
| Species Electrothrix communisTs | [com.mu'nis] L. fem. adj. communis, common | Filamentous bacteria of centimeter length that inhabit the surface of brackish/intertidal sediment and conduct electrons from sulfide-oxidizing cells to oxygen-reducing cells. Gliding motility. Gram-negative, with 15 distinct ridges running longitudinally along the filament. Width of individual cells is 0.8 µm. Can assimilate acetate and propionate; CO2 fixation via the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway. Contains c-type cytochromes, type IV pili (PilA) and Na+ antiporters. Polyphosphate and polyglucose storage. Distinguishable by morphology and genome.
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Electrothrix | NCBI Assembly: GCA_030644725.1 Ts | seqco.de/i:32139 |