Species Phaeospirillum tilakii

Name: Phaeospirillum tilakii Raj et al. 2012

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: p^ha͡e-o-spi-RIL-lum ti-LA-ki-i, neuter

Type strain: JA492; KCTC 15012; NBRC 107650

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FN675262 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Raj PS, Chakravarthy SK, Ramaprasad EV, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Phaeospirillum tilakii sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from aquatic sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1069-1074. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1723-1724.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Magnetospirillum tilakii" (Raj et al. 2012) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ❗ Phaeospirillum tilakii is the 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, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Phaeospirillum.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates with Magnetospirillum and should be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸

Parent taxon: Phaeospirillum Imhoff et al. 1998

Assigned by: Raj PS, Chakravarthy SK, Ramaprasad EV, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Phaeospirillum tilakii sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from aquatic sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1069-1074. 🇮🇳

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