Taxon DOI 10.1601/tx.1845 Name Leptothrix cholodnii Mulder and van Veen 1963 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Spring et al. 1996 Taxonomic Rank species Methodology Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022] Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008) Parent Taxon Record Name Record genus Leptothrix Kützing 1843 emend. Mulder 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) Type Strain representative organism LVMW 99T

Type Status
Taxonomy	The taxonomic placement of this species 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   Betaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006 emend. Boden et al. 2017 order   Burkholderiales Garrity et al. 2006 family   Incertae sedis 5 Garrity et al. 2007 genus   Leptothrix Kützing 1843 emend. Mulder 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) species   Leptothrix cholodnii Mulder and van Veen 1963 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Spring et al. 1996 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.
Non-Type Exemplars	Digital Object Identifier Strain Equivalence 10.1601/ex.29565 SP-6SL (=SP-6(SL) =ATCC 51169 =LMG 8143) 10.1601/ex.19802 LMG 9467 (=LMG 7171 =CCM 1827) 10.1601/ex.15916 SP-6 (=LMG 8142 =ATCC 51168)
Citation	When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Taxon Abstract for the species Leptothrix cholodnii Mulder and van Veen 1963 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Spring et al. 1996. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.1845.
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Spring et al. 1996 asserts that strains LMG 8142 and LMG 8413 were originally assigned to Leptothrix discophora and transferred LMG 8142 and LMG 8143 to Leptrothrix cholodnii based on taxonomic studies of strains of non-validly described species.

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