Name: Magnetospirillum caucaseum Dziuba et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cau.ca’se.um. N.L. neut. adj. caucaseum, of or pertaining to the Caucasus, referring to the geographical region where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 28995; SO-1; VKM B-2936

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX502622 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dziuba M, Koziaeva V, Grouzdev D, Burganskaya E, Baslerov R, Kolganova T, Chernyadyev A, Osipov G, Andrianova E, Gorlenko V, et al. Magnetospirillum caucaseum sp. nov., Magnetospirillum marisnigri sp. nov. and Magnetospirillum moscoviense sp. nov., freshwater magnetotactic bacteria isolated from three distinct geographical locations in European Russia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2069-2077. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2767-2768.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paramagnetospirillum caucaseum (Dziuba et al. 2016) Koziaeva et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Magnetospirillum Schleifer et al. 1992

Assigned by: Dziuba M, Koziaeva V, Grouzdev D, Burganskaya E, Baslerov R, Kolganova T, Chernyadyev A, Osipov G, Andrianova E, Gorlenko V, et al. Magnetospirillum caucaseum sp. nov., Magnetospirillum marisnigri sp. nov. and Magnetospirillum moscoviense sp. nov., freshwater magnetotactic bacteria isolated from three distinct geographical locations in European Russia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2069-2077. 🇷🇺

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