Name: Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum (Maratea and Blakemore 1981) Schleifer et al. 1992
Basonym: Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum Maratea and Blakemore 1981
Etymology: mag.ne.to.tac’ti.cum. Gr. masc. n. Magnês (gen. Magnêtos), pertaining to a magnet; N.L. adj. tacticus -a -um, showing orientation or movement directed by a force or agent; from L. v. tango, to move; N.L. neut. adj. magnetotacticum, capable of orientation with respect to a magnet
Type strain: ATCC 31632; DSM 3856; IFO 15272; JCM 21281; LMG 10894; MS-1; NBRC 15272
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16S rRNA gene: Y10110 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Schleifer KH, Schüler D, Spring S, Weizenegger M, Amann R, Ludwig W, Köhler M. The genus Magnetospirillum gen. nov. description of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense sp. nov. and transfer of Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum to Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1991; 14:379-385.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 40. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:191-192.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum Maratea and Blakemore 1981 | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Paramagnetospirillum magnetotacticum (Maratea and Blakemore 1981) Koziaeva et al. 2023 | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Parent taxon: Magnetospirillum Schleifer et al. 1992
Assigned by: Schleifer KH, Schüler D, Spring S, Weizenegger M, Amann R, Ludwig W, Köhler M. The genus Magnetospirillum gen. nov. description of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense sp. nov. and transfer of Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum to Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1991; 14:379-385.
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