Genus Rhodospira
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Rhodospira Pfennig et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rhodospira trueperi Pfennig et al. 1998.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Rsa. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. n. rhodon, the rose; L. fem. n. spira, a spiral; N.L. fem. n. Rhodospira, the rose spiral.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 64. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 327-328.
Effective publication: PFENNIG (N.), LÜNSDORF (H.), SÜLING (J.) and IMHOFF (J.F.): Rhodospira trueperi gen. nov., sp. nov., a new phototrophic proteobacterium of the alpha group. Arch. Microbiol., 1997, 168, 39-45.
Validation List no. 64 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Rhodospira trueperi Pfennig et al. 1998, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 8316 = ATCC 700224.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X99671.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. trueperi, of Trüper, named for Hans Georg Trüper, a German microbiologist who contributed significantly to our knowledge of the anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 64. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 327-328.
Effective publication: PFENNIG (N.), LÜNSDORF (H.), SÜLING (J.) and IMHOFF (J.F.): Rhodospira trueperi gen. nov., sp. nov., a new phototrophic proteobacterium of the alpha group. Arch. Microbiol., 1997, 168, 39-45.
Validation List no. 64 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online