Leucothrix Dataset NCBI Taxonomy Rank GENUS Classification phylum Pseudomonadota class Gammaproteobacteria order Thiotrichales family Thiotrichaceae genus Leucothrix Name Synonyms "Pontothrix" Nadson and Krasil'nikov 1932 Leucothrix Oersted 1844 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Zhang et al. 2015 Pontothrix Homonyms Leucothrix Leucothrix Oersted 1844 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Zhang et al. 2015