Name: Phaeospirillum fulvum (van Niel 1944) Imhoff et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodospirillum fulvum van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ful’vum. L. neut. adj. fulvum, deep yellow, reddish yellow, tawny

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 15798; ATCC 35113; DSM 113; Kleinkalden, 1360; SMG 113

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: D14433 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Imhoff JF, Petri R, Suling J. Reclassification of species of the spiral-shaped phototrophic purple non-sulfur bacteria of the alpha-Proteobacteria: description of the new genera Phaeospirillum gen. nov., Rhodovibrio gen. nov., Rhodothalassium gen. nov. and Roseospira gen. nov. as well as transfer of Rhodospirillum fulvum to Phaeospirillum fulvum comb. nov., of Rhodospirillum molischianum to Phaeospirillum molischianum comb. nov., of Rhodospirillum salinarum to Rhodovibrio salexigens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:793-798.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1085-1087.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Magnetospirillum fulvum (van Niel 1944) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Magnetospirillum fulvum (van Niel 1944) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodospirillum fulvum van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Phaeospirillum Imhoff et al. 1998. Publication: Imhoff JF, Petri R, Suling J. Reclassification of species of the spiral-shaped phototrophic purple non-sulfur bacteria of the alpha-Proteobacteria: description of the new genera Phaeospirillum gen. nov., Rhodovibrio gen. nov., Rhodothalassium gen. nov. and Roseospira gen. nov. as well as transfer of Rhodospirillum fulvum to Phaeospirillum fulvum comb. nov., of Rhodospirillum molischianum to Phaeospirillum molischianum comb. nov., of Rhodospirillum salinarum to Rhodovibrio salexigens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:793-798.
  • The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • Phaeospirillum fulvum is the correct name 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, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Phaeospirillum.

Parent taxon: Phaeospirillum Imhoff et al. 1998

Assigned by: Imhoff JF, Petri R, Suling J. Reclassification of species of the spiral-shaped phototrophic purple non-sulfur bacteria of the alpha-Proteobacteria: description of the new genera Phaeospirillum gen. nov., Rhodovibrio gen. nov., Rhodothalassium gen. nov. and Roseospira gen. nov. as well as transfer of Rhodospirillum fulvum to Phaeospirillum fulvum comb. nov., of Rhodospirillum molischianum to Phaeospirillum molischianum comb. nov., of Rhodospirillum salinarum to Rhodovibrio salexigens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:793-798.

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