Name: Solidesulfovibrio magneticus (Sakaguchi et al. 2002) Waite et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfovibrio magneticus Sakaguchi et al. 2002

Etymology: mag.ne’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. magneticus, magnetic, referring to intracellular magnetite particles (magnetosomes)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700980; DSM 13731; RS-1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D43944 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfovibrio magneticus Sakaguchi et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11945 (N = 16).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Solidesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

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Record number: 17494