Name: "Desulfamplus magnetovallimortis" Descamps et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.gne.to.val.li.mor’tis. Gr. masc. n. Magnês, magnetic; L. fem. n. valles, is valley; L. fem. n. mors (gen. mortis), death; N.L. gen. fem. n. magnetovallimortis, referring to a magnetic bacterium isolated from the Death Valley in California, USA, where the type strain was isolated from

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: BW-1; DSM 103535; JCM 18010

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN252194 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Descamps ECT, Monteil CL, Menguy N, Ginet N, Pignol D, Bazylinski DA, Lefevre CT. Desulfamplus magnetovallimortis gen. nov., sp. nov., a magnetotactic bacterium from a brackish desert spring able to biomineralize greigite and magnetite, that represents a novel lineage in the Desulfobacteraceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:280-289.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Desulfamplus magnetomortis" Lefèvre et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Desulfamplus" Descamps et al. 2017. Publication: Descamps ECT, Monteil CL, Menguy N, Ginet N, Pignol D, Bazylinski DA, Lefevre CT. Desulfamplus magnetovallimortis gen. nov., sp. nov., a magnetotactic bacterium from a brackish desert spring able to biomineralize greigite and magnetite, that represents a novel lineage in the Desulfobacteraceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:280-289.

Parent taxon: "Desulfamplus" Descamps et al. 2017

Assigned by: Descamps ECT, Monteil CL, Menguy N, Ginet N, Pignol D, Bazylinski DA, Lefevre CT. Desulfamplus magnetovallimortis gen. nov., sp. nov., a magnetotactic bacterium from a brackish desert spring able to biomineralize greigite and magnetite, that represents a novel lineage in the Desulfobacteraceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:280-289.

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Record number: 2104