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. — 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 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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