Genus Rhodomicrobium
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Rhodomicrobium Duchow and Douglas 1949, genus.
Type species: ¤ Rhodomicrobium vannielii Duchow and Douglas 1949 (Approved Lists 1980).
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Rmi. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. n. rhodon, the rose; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Rhodomicroibum, red microbe.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: DUCHOW (E.) and DOUGLAS (H.C.): Rhodomicrobium vannielii, a new photoheterotrophic bacterium. Journal of Bacteriology, 1949, 58, 409-416.
→ Rhodomicrobium Duchow and Douglas 1949 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff et al. 1984.
Reference: IMHOFF (J.F.), TRÜPER (H.G.) and PFENNIG (N.): Rearrangement of the species and genera of the phototrophic "purple nonsulfur bacteria". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 340-343.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rhodomicrobium udaipurense Ramana et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JA643=KCTC 15219=NBRC 109057.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN995218.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. udaipurense, of or belonging to Udaipur, a place in the Indian Himalayas, from where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Reference: RAMANA, V. V., RAJ, P. S., TUSHAR, L., SASIKALA, Ch. and RAMANA Ch, V. 2013. Rhodomicrobium udaipurense sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a freshwater stream. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 2684-2689.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 17100= DSM 162 = LMG 4299.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN666247, CP002292 (complete genome).
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. vannielii, of van Niel; named for C.B. van Niel, an American microbiologist.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: DUCHOW (E.) and DOUGLAS (H.C.): Rhodomicrobium vannielii, a new photoheterotrophic bacterium. Journal of Bacteriology, 1949, 58, 409-416.