Name: Halorhodospira abdelmalekii (Imhoff and Trüper 1982) Imhoff and Süling 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Ectothiorhodospira abdelmalekii Imhoff and Trüper 1982

Etymology: ab.del.ma.lek’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. abdelmalekii, of Abd-El-Malek, named for Yousef Abd-El-Malek, an Egyptian microbiologist

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 35917; BN 9840; DSM 2110

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X93477 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Imhoff JF, Suling J. The phylogenetic relationship among Ectothiorhodospiraceae: a reevaluation of their taxonomy on the basis of 16S rDNA analyses. Arch Microbiol 1996; 165:106-113.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 62. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:915-916.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Halochlorospira abdelmalekii" (Imhoff and Trüper 1982) Imhoff et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Ectothiorhodospira abdelmalekii Imhoff and Trüper 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Halorhodospira Imhoff and Süling 1997

Assigned by: Imhoff JF, Suling J. The phylogenetic relationship among Ectothiorhodospiraceae: a reevaluation of their taxonomy on the basis of 16S rDNA analyses. Arch Microbiol 1996; 165:106-113.

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Record number: 776797