Genus Hoeflea
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 7
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Hoeflea Peix et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Hoeflea marina Peix et al. 2005.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Hoeflea, honouring Manfred Höfle, German microbiologist, in recognition of his contribution to the taxonomy of marine bacteria.
Valid publication: PEIX (A.), RIVAS (R.), TRUJILLO (M.E.), VANCANNEYT (M.), VELÁZQUEZ (E.) and WILLEMS (A.): Reclassification of Agrobacterium ferrugineum LMG 128 as Hoeflea marina gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1163-1166.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Hoeflea Peix et al. 2005 emend. Rahul et al. 2015.
Reference: RAHUL, K., AZMATUNNISA, M., SASIKALA, Ch. and RAMANA Ch, V. 2015. Hoeflea olei sp. nov., a diesel-oil-degrading, anoxygenic, phototrophic bacterium isolated from backwaters and emended description of the genus Hoeflea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2403-2409.
Original article.
Hoeflea alexandrii Palacios et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AM1V30 = CECT 5682 = DSM 16655.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ786600.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. alexandrii, of Alexandrium, the genus name of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum, the source of isolation of the type strain.
Valid publication: PALACIOS (L.), ARAHAL (D.R.), REGUERA (B.) and MARÍN (I.): Hoeflea alexandrii sp. nov., isolated from the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum AL1V. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1991-1995.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Hoeflea anabaenae Stevenson et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WH2K = CCUG 56626 = NRRL B-59520.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ364238.
Etymology: N.L. fem. gen. n. anabaenae, of Anabaena, a cyanobacterium, from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: STEVENSON (B.S.), SUFLITA (M.T.), STAMPS (B.W.), MOORE (E.R.B.), JOHNSON (C.N.) and LAWSON (P.A.): Hoeflea anabaenae sp. nov., an epiphytic symbiont that attaches to the heterocysts of a strain of Anabaena. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2439-2444.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Hoeflea halophila Jung et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JG120-1=KCTC 23107=JCM 16715.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU564401.
Etymology: -.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 153. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63 (2013), 3131-3134.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: JUNG, M.-Y., SHIN, K.-S., KIM, S., KIM, S.-J., PARK, S.-J., KIM, J.-G., CHA, I.-T., KIM, M.-N. and RHEE, S.-K. 2013. Hoeflea halophila sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from marine sediment of the East Sea, Korea. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 103, 971-978.
Effective publication Online
Hoeflea marina Peix et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 25654= LMG 128.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY598817.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of the sea, marine, referring to the isolation source of this micro-organism, sea water.
Valid publication: PEIX (A.), RIVAS (R.), TRUJILLO (M.E.), VANCANNEYT (M.), VELÁZQUEZ (E.) and WILLEMS (A.): Reclassification of Agrobacterium ferrugineum LMG 128 as Hoeflea marina gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1163-1166.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Hoeflea olei Rahul et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JC234=KCTC 42071=LMG 28200.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HG965759.
Etymology: L. gen. n. olei, of oil.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: RAHUL, K., AZMATUNNISA, M., SASIKALA, Ch. and RAMANA Ch, V. 2015. Hoeflea olei sp. nov., a diesel-oil-degrading, anoxygenic, phototrophic bacterium isolated from backwaters and emended description of the genus Hoeflea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2403-2409.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Hoeflea phototrophica Biebl et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DFL-43 = DSM 17068 = NCIMB 14078.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ582088.
Etymology: Gr. n. phos photos, light; Gr. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. fem. adj. phototrophica, referring to the likely ability to use light for energy generation.
Valid publication: BIEBL (H.), TINDALL (B.J.), PUKALL (R.), LÜNSDORF (H.), ALLGAIER (M.) and WAGNER-DÖBLER (I.): Hoeflea phototrophica sp. nov., a novel marine aerobic alphaproteobacterium that forms bacteriochlorophyll a. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 821-826.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Hoeflea suaedae Chung et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YC6898 = KACC 14911 = NBRC 107700.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HM800935.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. suaedae, of Suaeda, isolated from Suaeda maritima, referring to the source of isolation of the type strain.
Valid publication: CHUNG (E.J.), PARK (J.A.), PRAMANIK (P.), BIBI (F.), JEON (C.O.) and CHUNG (Y.R.): Hoeflea suaedae sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from the root of the halophyte Suaeda maritima. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 2277-2281.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Pseudohoeflea suaedae (Chung et al. 2013) Hyeon et al. 2018, comb. nov.