Name: Ectothiorhodospira magna Bryantseva et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mag’na. L. fem. adj. magna, large

Gender: feminine

Type strain: B7-7; DSM 22250; VKM B-2537

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM149323 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Briantseva IA, Turova TP, Kovaleva OL, Kostrikina NA, Gorlenko VM. [A new large alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacteria Ectothiorhodospira magna sp. nov]. Mikrobiologiia 2010; 79:782-792.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 140. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1499-1501.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00732 (N = 11).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the section giving the species description (protologue), the name of genus is spelled incorrectly as Ectothiorkodospira. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 140. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1499-1501.

Parent taxon: Ectothiorhodospira Pelsh 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Briantseva IA, Turova TP, Kovaleva OL, Kostrikina NA, Gorlenko VM. [A new large alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacteria Ectothiorhodospira magna sp. nov]. Mikrobiologiia 2010; 79:782-792.

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Record number: 789235