Name: Ectothiorhodosinus mongolicus corrig. Gorlenko et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mon.go’li.cus. N.L. masc. adj. mongolicus, belonging to Mongolia

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 15479; M9; UNIQEM U217

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY298904 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gorlenko VM, Briantseva IA, Panteleeva EE, Turova TP, Kolganova TV, Makhneva ZK, Moskalenko AA. [Ectothiorhodosinus mongolicum gen. nov., sp. nov.,--a new purple sulfur bacterium from soda lake in Mongolia]. Mikrobiologiia 2004; 73:80-88.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 116. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1371-1373.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ectothiorhodosinus mongolicum Gorlenko et al. 2007	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ectothiorhodosinus Gorlenko et al. 2007. Publication: Gorlenko VM, Briantseva IA, Panteleeva EE, Turova TP, Kolganova TV, Makhneva ZK, Moskalenko AA. [Ectothiorhodosinus mongolicum gen. nov., sp. nov.,--a new purple sulfur bacterium from soda lake in Mongolia]. Mikrobiologiia 2004; 73:80-88.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication, the GenBank accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain is erroneously cited as AY299804. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet, Ectothiorhodosinus mongolicum (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 116. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1371-1373.

Parent taxon: Ectothiorhodosinus Gorlenko et al. 2007

Assigned by: Gorlenko VM, Briantseva IA, Panteleeva EE, Turova TP, Kolganova TV, Makhneva ZK, Moskalenko AA. [Ectothiorhodosinus mongolicum gen. nov., sp. nov.,--a new purple sulfur bacterium from soda lake in Mongolia]. Mikrobiologiia 2004; 73:80-88.

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