Name: Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum Maratea and Blakemore 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mag.ne.to.tac’ti.cum. Gr. masc. n. Magnês (gen. Magnêtos), pertaining to a magnet; N.L. adj. tacticus -a -um, showing orientation or movement directed by a force or agent; from L. v. tango, to move; N.L. neut. adj. magnetotacticum, capable of orientation with respect to a magnet

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 31632; DSM 3856; IFO 15272; JCM 21281; LMG 10894; MS-1; NBRC 15272

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16S rRNA gene: Y10110 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Maratea D, Blakemore RP. Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum sp. nov., a magnetic spirillum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:452-455.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum (Maratea and Blakemore 1981) Schleifer et al. 1992

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum (Maratea and Blakemore 1981) Schleifer et al. 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Paramagnetospirillum magnetotacticum (Maratea and Blakemore 1981) Koziaeva et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Aquaspirillum.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 20 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Aquaspirillum Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Maratea D, Blakemore RP. Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum sp. nov., a magnetic spirillum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:452-455.

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Record number: 773331