Name: Thiorhodospira sibirica Bryantseva et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: si.bi’ri.ca. N.L. fem. adj. sibirica, pertaining to Siberia (region in northwestern Asia, the name said to come from Sibir, ancient Tatar fortress at the confluence of the rivers Tobol and Irtysh)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700588; Gorlenko: A12

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16S rRNA gene: AJ006530 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bryantseva I, Gorlenko VM, Kompantseva EI, Imhoff JF, Suling J, Mityushina L. Thiorhodospira sibirica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium from a Siberian soda lake. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:697-703.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thiorhodospira Bryantseva et al. 1999. Publication: Bryantseva I, Gorlenko VM, Kompantseva EI, Imhoff JF, Suling J, Mityushina L. Thiorhodospira sibirica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium from a Siberian soda lake. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:697-703.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thiorhodospira Bryantseva et al. 1999

Assigned by: Bryantseva I, Gorlenko VM, Kompantseva EI, Imhoff JF, Suling J, Mityushina L. Thiorhodospira sibirica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium from a Siberian soda lake. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:697-703.

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Record number: 785094