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Genus Imhoffiella

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: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").


Imhoffiella Nupur et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Imhoffiella purpurea Nupur et al. 2017.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Imhoffiella, genus in honour of Johannes F. Imhoff, a German microbiologist who has made a significant contribution to our knowledge of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria.
Valid publication: NUPUR, N., SAINI, M. K., SINGH, P. K., KORPOLE, S., SRINIVAS TANUKU, N. R., TAKAICHI, S. and PINNAKA, A. K. 2017. Imhoffiella gen. nov., a marine phototrophic member of the family Chromatiaceae including the description of Imhoffiella purpurea sp. nov. and the reclassification of Thiorhodococcus bheemlicus Anil Kumar et al. 2007 as Imhoffiella bheemlica comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1949-1956.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Imhoffiella bheemlica Nupur et al. 2017, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JA132 = ATCC BAA-1362 = JCM 14149 = DSM 18805 = MTCC 8120..
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM282559.
Basonym: ¤ Thiorhodococcus bheemlicus Anil Kumar et al. 2007.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. bheemlica, named after Bheemli, the place from where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: NUPUR, N., SAINI, M. K., SINGH, P. K., KORPOLE, S., SRINIVAS TANUKU, N. R., TAKAICHI, S. and PINNAKA, A. K. 2017. Imhoffiella gen. nov., a marine phototrophic member of the family Chromatiaceae including the description of Imhoffiella purpurea sp. nov. and the reclassification of Thiorhodococcus bheemlicus Anil Kumar et al. 2007 as Imhoffiella bheemlica comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1949-1956.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Imhoffiella purpurea Nupur et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AK35=JCM 18851=KCTC 15575=MTCC 12304.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HF562219.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. purpurea, purple.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: NUPUR, N., SAINI, M. K., SINGH, P. K., KORPOLE, S., SRINIVAS TANUKU, N. R., TAKAICHI, S. and PINNAKA, A. K. 2017. Imhoffiella gen. nov., a marine phototrophic member of the family Chromatiaceae including the description of Imhoffiella purpurea sp. nov. and the reclassification of Thiorhodococcus bheemlicus Anil Kumar et al. 2007 as Imhoffiella bheemlica comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1949-1956.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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