Name: Ectothiorhodospira marismortui Oren et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ris.mor’tu.i. L. gen. neut. n. maris, the sea; L. masc. adj. mortuus, dead; N.L. gen. neut. n. marismortui, of the Dead Sea

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 4180; EG-1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X93482 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Oren A, Kessel M, Stackebrandt E. Ectothiorhodospira marismortui sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic, moderately halophilic purple sulfur bacterium from a hypersaline sulfur spring on the shore of the Dead Sea. Arch. Microbiol. 1989; 151:524-529.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 32. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:105-106.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ectothiorhodospira mobilis Pelsh 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ectothiorhodospira mobilis Pelsh 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Ventura et al. (2000), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Ectothiorhodospira mobilis Pelsh 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ventura S, Viti C, Pastorelli R, Giovannetti L. Revision of species delineation in the genus Ectothiorhodospira. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:583-591.
  • ❗ Ectothiorhodospira marismortui 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 Ectothiorhodospira.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.19655 (N = 14).
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Ectothiorhodospira Pelsh 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Oren A, Kessel M, Stackebrandt E. Ectothiorhodospira marismortui sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic, moderately halophilic purple sulfur bacterium from a hypersaline sulfur spring on the shore of the Dead Sea. Arch. Microbiol. 1989; 151:524-529.

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Record number: 775873