Name: Thiocapsa marina Caumette et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’na. L. fem. adj. marina, belonging to the marine environment

Pronunciation, gender: ma-RI-na, feminine

Type strain: 5811; ATCC 43172; DSM 5653

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF112998 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Caumette P, Guyoneaud R, Imhoff JF, Suling J, Gorlenko V. Thiocapsa marina sp. nov., a novel, okenone-containing, purple sulfur bacterium isolated from brackish coastal and marine environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1031-1036. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.15000 (N = 13).
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thiocapsa Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Caumette P, Guyoneaud R, Imhoff JF, Suling J, Gorlenko V. Thiocapsa marina sp. nov., a novel, okenone-containing, purple sulfur bacterium isolated from brackish coastal and marine environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1031-1036. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 782727