Name: Ectothiorhodospira mobilis Pelsh 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo’bi.lis. L. masc./fem. adj. mobilis, movable, mobile

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49921; DSM 237; NBRC 103802; SMG 237; Sta. Cruz I; Trüper 8112

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X93481 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pelsh AO. Hydrobiology of Karabugz Bay of the Kaspian Sea. Trudy Solyanoi Laboratorii, Vsesoyuznogo Instituta Metallurgii NISNKT. Izdatelstvo Akademya Nauk SSSR, Moscow, Leningrad 1936; 5:49-126.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ectothiorhodospira marismortui Oren et al. 1990	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Ventura et al. 2000 Ventura S, Viti C, Pastorelli R, Giovannetti L. Revision of species delineation in the genus Ectothiorhodospira. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:583-591. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ectothiorhodospira Pelsh 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Pelsh AO. Hydrobiology of Karabugz Bay of the Kaspian Sea. Trudy Solyanoi Laboratorii, Vsesoyuznogo Instituta Metallurgii NISNKT. Izdatelstvo Akademya Nauk SSSR, Moscow, Leningrad 1936; 5:49-126.
  • ⏰ According to Ventura et al. (2000), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Ectothiorhodospira marismortui Oren et al. 1990. Publication: Ventura S, Viti C, Pastorelli R, Giovannetti L. Revision of species delineation in the genus Ectothiorhodospira. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:583-591.
  • 😷 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 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Ectothiorhodospira Pelsh 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pelsh AO. Hydrobiology of Karabugz Bay of the Kaspian Sea. Trudy Solyanoi Laboratorii, Vsesoyuznogo Instituta Metallurgii NISNKT. Izdatelstvo Akademya Nauk SSSR, Moscow, Leningrad 1936; 5:49-126.

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Record number: 775874