Name: Magnetovibrio blakemorei Bazylinski et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: blake.mo’re.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. blakemorei, of Blakemore, named in honour of US microbiologist Richard P. Blakemore, who was the first to describe scientifically and publish on magnetotactic behaviour in bacteria

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1436; DSM 18854; MV-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L06455 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bazylinski DA, Williams TJ, Lefevre CT, Trubitsyn D, Fang J, Beveridge TJ, Moskowitz BM, Ward B, Schubbe S, Dubbels BL, et al. Magnetovibrio blakemorei gen. nov., sp. nov., a magnetotactic bacterium (Alphaproteobacteria: Rhodospirillaceae) isolated from a salt marsh. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1824-1833.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Magnetovibrio blakemorei" Bazylinski and Williams 2007	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Magnetovibrio Bazylinski et al. 2013. Publication: Bazylinski DA, Williams TJ, Lefevre CT, Trubitsyn D, Fang J, Beveridge TJ, Moskowitz BM, Ward B, Schubbe S, Dubbels BL, et al. Magnetovibrio blakemorei gen. nov., sp. nov., a magnetotactic bacterium (Alphaproteobacteria: Rhodospirillaceae) isolated from a salt marsh. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1824-1833.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 14 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Magnetovibrio Bazylinski et al. 2013

Assigned by: Bazylinski DA, Williams TJ, Lefevre CT, Trubitsyn D, Fang J, Beveridge TJ, Moskowitz BM, Ward B, Schubbe S, Dubbels BL, et al. Magnetovibrio blakemorei gen. nov., sp. nov., a magnetotactic bacterium (Alphaproteobacteria: Rhodospirillaceae) isolated from a salt marsh. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1824-1833.

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Record number: 785811