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. — 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 133 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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