Name: "Candidatus Magnetovibrio blakemorei" Bazylinski and Williams 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: bla.ke.mo’re.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. blakemorei, referring to Blakemore

Pronunciation, gender: bla-ke-MO-re-i, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC BAA-1436; DSM 18854; MV-1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L06455 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bazylinski DA, Williams TJ. Ecophysiology of magnetotactic bacteria. In: Schüler D (eds), Magnetoreception and Magnetosomes in Bacteria., Springer, Berlin, 2007, p. 37-75.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Magnetovibrio blakemorei Bazylinski et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Magnetovibrio blakemorei Bazylinski et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ "Candidatus Magnetovibrio blakemorei" is the pro-correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority) within a separate genus Magnetovibrio.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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.

Parent taxon: Magnetovibrio Bazylinski et al. 2013

Assigned by: Bazylinski DA, Williams TJ. Ecophysiology of magnetotactic bacteria. In: Schüler D (eds), Magnetoreception and Magnetosomes in Bacteria., Springer, Berlin, 2007, p. 37-75.

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Record number: 36333