Name: Magnetospirillum molischianum (Giesberger 1947) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodospirillum molischianum Giesberger 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: mo.li.schi.a’num. N.L. neut. adj. molischianum, pertaining to Molisch, named for H. Molisch, an Austrian botanist

Pronunciation, gender: mo-li-s͡hi-A-num, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 14031; DSM 120; LMG 4354

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M59067 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Phaeospirillum molischianum (Giesberger 1947) Imhoff et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodospirillum molischianum Giesberger 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04810 (N = 16).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Magnetospirillum Schleifer et al. 1992

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 11113