Name: Thiocapsa roseopersicina corrig. Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro.se.o.per.si.ci.na. L. masc. adj. roseus, rosy; L. masc. adj. persicus, peach-tree; L. adj. suff. -inus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. roseopersicina, rosy peach-colored

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 217; Hardenberg; SMG 217

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF113000 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Winogradsky S. Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Bacterien. Heft I. Zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Schwefelbacterien. Arthur Felix, Leipzig, 1888.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thiocapsa Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Winogradsky S. Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Bacterien. Heft I. Zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Schwefelbacterien. Arthur Felix, Leipzig, 1888.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 132 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The epithet was originally spelt "roseo-persicina" by Winogradsky (1988). — Boden R. Personal communication, 2020-12-18.

Parent taxon: Thiocapsa Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Winogradsky S. Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Bacterien. Heft I. Zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Schwefelbacterien. Arthur Felix, Leipzig, 1888.

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Record number: 782731