Name: "Magnetospirillum tilakii" (Raj et al. 2012) Hoerdt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Phaeospirillum tilakii Raj et al. 2012

Etymology: ti.la’ki.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. tilakii, of Tilak, named after Dr. K. V. B. R. Tilak, an eminent microbiologist in India

Gender: neuter

Type strain: JA492; KCTC 15012; NBRC 107650

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: FN675262 Analyse FASTA

Original 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.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Phaeospirillum tilakii Raj et al. 2012

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Phaeospirillum tilakii Raj et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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: 13008