Name: Ectothiorhodospira lacustris Bryantseva et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.cus’tris. N.L. fem. adj. lacustris, lacustris inhabiting lake; L. gen. masc. n. lacus, a lake inhabiting lakes, growing in lakes

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … la-KUS-tris, feminine

Type strain: B14B; DSM 116064; KCTC 25542; UQM 41491

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OQ618219 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bryantseva IA, Kyndt JA, Gorlenko VM, Imhoff JF. Ectothiorhodospira lacustris sp. nov., a New Purple Sulfur Bacterium from Low-Mineralized Soda Lakes That Contains a Unique Pathway for Nitric Oxide Reduction. Microorganisms 2023; 11:1336. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 214. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6080.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.21081 (N = 1).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Ectothiorhodospira Pelsh 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bryantseva IA, Kyndt JA, Gorlenko VM, Imhoff JF. Ectothiorhodospira lacustris sp. nov., a New Purple Sulfur Bacterium from Low-Mineralized Soda Lakes That Contains a Unique Pathway for Nitric Oxide Reduction. Microorganisms 2023; 11:1336. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 38593