Name: Thiorhodovibrio winogradskyi Overmann et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wi.no.grad’sky.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. winogradskyi, of Winogradsky, named for S.N. Winogradsky, a Russian microbiologist, who did the first comprehensive studies on the purple sulfur bacteria

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 6702; SSP1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB016986 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Overmann J, Fischer U, Pfennig N. A new purple sulfur bacterium from saline littoral sediments, Thiorhodovibrio winogradskyi gen. nov. and sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1992; 157:329-335.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 44. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:188-189.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thiorhodovibrio Overmann et al. 1993. Publication: Overmann J, Fischer U, Pfennig N. A new purple sulfur bacterium from saline littoral sediments, Thiorhodovibrio winogradskyi gen. nov. and sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1992; 157:329-335.
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thiorhodovibrio Overmann et al. 1993

Assigned by: Overmann J, Fischer U, Pfennig N. A new purple sulfur bacterium from saline littoral sediments, Thiorhodovibrio winogradskyi gen. nov. and sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1992; 157:329-335.

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