Genus Rhodoligotrophos
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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").
Rhodoligotrophos Fukuda et al. 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rhodoligotrophos appendicifer Fukuda et al. 2012.
Etymology: Gr. n. rhodon, the rose; Gr. adj. oligos, little, few; Gr. masc. or fem. n. trophos, feeder, rearer, that which nourishes; N.L. masc. n. Rhodoligotrophos, red utilizer of few substrates.
Valid publication: FUKUDA (W.), YAMADA (K.), MIYOSHI (Y.), OKUNO (H.), ATOMI (H.) and IMANAKA (T.): Rhodoligotrophos appendicifer gen. nov., sp. nov., an appendaged bacterium isolated from a freshwater Antarctic lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1945-1950.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The genus name is subject to a Request for an Opinion.
Reference: OREN, A., GARRITY, G. M. and SCHINK, B. 2013. Proposal to change the name Rhodoligotrophos Fukuda et al. 2012, 1947 to Rhodoligotrophus. Request for an Opinion. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3545.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 120-1 = ATCC BAA-2115 = JCM 16873.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB617575.
Etymology: L. n. appendix -icis, an appendage; L. masc. suff. -fer (from L. v. fero), bearing, carrying; N.L. masc. adj. appendicifer, carrying appendages.
Valid publication: FUKUDA (W.), YAMADA (K.), MIYOSHI (Y.), OKUNO (H.), ATOMI (H.) and IMANAKA (T.): Rhodoligotrophos appendicifer gen. nov., sp. nov., an appendaged bacterium isolated from a freshwater Antarctic lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1945-1950.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rhodoligotrophos jinshengii Deng et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BUT-3=CCTCC AB2013083=KACC 17220.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF254766.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. jinshengii, of Jin-Sheng, referring to the Chinese microbiologist and plant pathologist Jin-Sheng Wang.
Source: Industrial.
Valid publication: DENG, S.-K., CHEN, G.-Q., CHEN, Q., CAI, S., YAO, L., HE, J. and LI, S.-P. 2014. Rhodoligotrophos jinshengii sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3325-3330.
Original article in IJSEM Online