Name: Magnetospirillum fulvum (van Niel 1944) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodospirillum fulvum van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ful’vum. L. neut. adj. fulvum, deep yellow, reddish yellow, tawny

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 15798; ATCC 35113; DSM 113; Kleinkalden, 1360; SMG 113

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: D14433 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodospirillum fulvum van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Phaeospirillum fulvum (van Niel 1944) Imhoff et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Magnetospirillum Schleifer et al. 1992

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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Record number: 11112