Genus Afifella
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Afifella Urdiain et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Afifella marina (Imhoff 1984) Urdiain et al. 2009.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Afifella, named after S. Afif, British philosopher and painter in recognition of his expertise and guidance in the subject of the philosophical tendency of structuralism, essential for the development and understanding of taxonomy as a science.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 127. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 923-925.
Effective publication: URDIAIN (M.), LÓPEZ-LÓPEZ (A.), GONZALO (C.), BUSSE (H.J.), LANGER (S.), KÄMPFER (P.) and ROSSELLÓ-MÓRA (R.): Reclassification of Rhodobium marinum and Rhodobium pfennigii as Afifella marina gen. nov. comb. nov. and Afifella pfennigii comb. nov., a new genus of photoheterotrophic Alphaproteobacteria and emended descriptions of Rhodobium, Rhodobium orientis and Rhodobium gokarnense. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2008, 31, 339-351.
Validation List no. 127 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Afifella marina (Imhoff 1984) Urdiain et al. 2009, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: strain Imhoff BN 126 = BN 126 = ATCC 35675= CIP 104405 = DSM 2698 = NBRC 100434.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D30790.
Basonym: ¤ Rhodopseudomonas marina Imhoff 1984.
Other synonym: ¤ Rhodobium marinum (Imhoff 1984) Hiraishi et al. 1995.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of or belonging to the sea, marine.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 127. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 923-925.
Effective publication: URDIAIN (M.), LÓPEZ-LÓPEZ (A.), GONZALO (C.), BUSSE (H.J.), LANGER (S.), KÄMPFER (P.) and ROSSELLÓ-MÓRA (R.): Reclassification of Rhodobium marinum and Rhodobium pfennigii as Afifella marina gen. nov. comb. nov. and Afifella pfennigii comb. nov., a new genus of photoheterotrophic Alphaproteobacteria and emended descriptions of Rhodobium, Rhodobium orientis and Rhodobium gokarnense. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2008, 31, 339-351.
Validation List no. 127 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Afifella pfennigii (Caumette et al. 2007) Urdiain et al. 2009, comb. nov.
Type strain: strain AR2102 = ATCC BAA-1145 = DSM 17143.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU445271.
Basonym: ¤ Rhodobium pfennigii Caumette et al. 2007.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. pfennigii, of Pfennig, named after Norbert Pfennig, a German microbiologist.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 127. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 923-925.
Effective publication: URDIAIN (M.), LÓPEZ-LÓPEZ (A.), GONZALO (C.), BUSSE (H.J.), LANGER (S.), KÄMPFER (P.) and ROSSELLÓ-MÓRA (R.): Reclassification of Rhodobium marinum and Rhodobium pfennigii as Afifella marina gen. nov. comb. nov. and Afifella pfennigii comb. nov., a new genus of photoheterotrophic Alphaproteobacteria and emended descriptions of Rhodobium, Rhodobium orientis and Rhodobium gokarnense. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2008, 31, 339-351.
Validation List no. 127 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online