Magnetovirga frankeli

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Chromatiales; Sedimenticolaceae; Magnetovirga

Notes:

• 1) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
• 2) Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) designation

Comments and References:

Sirinelli-Kojadinovic M et al. (2025) , Pubmed: abstract Sirinelli-Kojadinovic, M., Turrini, E.C., Ropion, E., Alonso, B., Bergot, M., Gachon, E., Ortet, P., Soto-Rodriguez, P.E., Monteil, C.L., and Lefevre, C.T. "Magnetovirga frankeli gen. Nov., sp. nov., a magnetotactic bacterium isolated from the Salton Sea, California, that represents a novel lineage in the Gammaprotoeobacteria." Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2025) 48(4):126621.

Pallen MJ et al. (2022) , Pubmed: abstract Pallen, M.J., Rodriguez-R, L.M., and Alikhan, N.F. "Naming the unnamed: over 65,000 Candidatus names for unnamed Archaea and Bacteria in the Genome Taxonomy Database." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2022) 72(9):005482. [Corridgendum: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2023) 73(5):005885. Includes protologues of newly named classes.]

Lefèvre CT et al. (2012) Lefèvre, C.T., Viloria, N., Schmidt, M.L., Pósfai, M., Frankel, R.B., and Bazylinski, D.A. "Novel magnetite-producing magnetotactic bacteria belonging to the Gammaproteobacteria." ISME J. (2012) 6(2):440-450.

Liu P et al. (2022) Liu, P., Tamaxia, A., Liu, Y., Qiu, H., Pan, J., Jin, Z., Zhao, X., Roberts, A.P., Pan, Y., and Li, J. "Identification and characterization of magnetotactic Gammaproteobacteria from a salt evaporation pool, Bohai Bay, China." Environ. Microbiol. (2022) 24(2):938-950.