Genus Rhodovulum
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 20
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).
Rhodovulum Hiraishi and Ueda 1994, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rhodovulum sulfidophilum (Hansen and Veldkamp 1973) Hiraishi and Ueda 1994.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Rdv. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. n. rhodon, the rose; N.L. dim. neut. n. ovulum (from L. n. ovum, an egg), a small egg; N.L. neut. dim. n. Rhodovulum, small red egg.
Valid publication: HIRAISHI (A.) and UEDA (Y.): Intrageneric structure of the genus Rhodobacter: transfer of Rhodobacter sulfidophilus and related marine species to the genus Rhodovulum gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 15-23.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In 1997, the "Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria" proposed the abbreviation Rdv [1]. In the "Minutes of the meetings, 27 August 2003, Tokyo, Japan 2003", published in the May 2004 issue of the IJSEM, this abbreviation is erroneously cited as Rvu [2, 3].
References:
1 TRÜPER (H.G.) and MADIGAN (M.T.): International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology - Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 925-926.
Minutes of the Meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria in IJSEM Online
2 IMHOFF (J.F.) and MADIGAN (M.T.): International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes - Subcommitteee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 27 August 2003, Tokyo, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1001-1003.
Minutes of the meetings, 27 August 2003, Tokyo, Japan in IJSEM Online
3 IMHOFF (J.F.): Personal communication (May 13, 2004).
4 Erratum in IJSEM Online.
Rhodovulum adriaticum (Neutzling et al. 1984) Hiraishi and Ueda 1994, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Imhoff 6II = BN 721(6II) = ATCC 35885= DSM 2781.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D16418.
Basonym: ¤ Rhodopseudomonas adriatica Neutzling et al. 1984.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. adriaticum, pertaining to the Adriatic Sea.
Other synonym: ¤ Rhodobacter adriaticus (Neutzling et al. 1984) Imhoff et al. 1984.
Reference: HIRAISHI (A.) and UEDA (Y.): Intrageneric structure of the genus Rhodobacter: transfer of Rhodobacter sulfidophilus and related marine species to the genus Rhodovulum gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 15-23.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rhodovulum aestuarii Divyasree et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JA924=LMG 29031=KCTC 15485.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LN866627.
Etymology: L. gen. n. aestuarii, of an estuary, the environment from which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: DIVYASREE, B., LAKSHMI, K. V., BHARTI, D., SASIKALA, CH. and RAMANA CH., V. 2016. Rhodovulum aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from a brackish water body. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 165-171.
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Rhodovulum algae Ramaprasad et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JA877=LMG 29228= KCTC 42963.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LN908891.
Etymology: L. fem. gen. n. algae, of an alga, referring to the isolation source of the type strain.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: RAMAPRASAD, E. V., TUSHAR, L., DAVE, B., SASIKALA, Ch. and RAMANA, Ch. V. 2016. Rhodovulum algae sp. nov., isolated from an algal mat. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3367-3371.
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Rhodovulum bhavnagarense Srinivas et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JA738 = DSM 24766 = KCTC 15110.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FR828479.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. bhavnagarense, of or belonging to Bhavnagar, a coastal place in Gujarat, India famous for solar salterns.
Valid publication: SRINIVAS (A.), RAHUL (K.), RAMAPRASAD (E.V.V.), SASIKALA (C.) and RAMANA (C.V.): Rhodovulum bhavnagarense sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a pink pond. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2528-2532.
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Rhodovulum euryhalinum (Kompantseva 1989) Hiraishi and Ueda 1994, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Kompantseva KA-65 = KA-65 = DSM 4868.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D16426.
Basonym: ¤ Rhodobacter euryhalinus Kompantseva 1989.
Etymology: Gr. adj. eurus, wide, broad; Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. suff. -inus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. euryhalinum, living in a wide range of salinity.
Valid publication: HIRAISHI (A.) and UEDA (Y.): Intrageneric structure of the genus Rhodobacter: transfer of Rhodobacter sulfidophilus and related marine species to the genus Rhodovulum gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 15-23.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rhodovulum imhoffii Srinivas et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JA125 = DSM 18064 = JCM 13589.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM180953.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. imhoffii, of Imhoff, named after Johannes F. Imhoff, a German microbiologist who has made a significant contribution to our knowledge of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria.
Valid publication: SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), KUMAR (P.A.), SASIKALA (C.) and RAMANA (C.V.): Rhodovulum imhoffii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 228-232.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rhodovulum iodosum Straub et al. 1999, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) N1 = ATCC 700895= DSM 12328.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y15011.
Etymology: Gr. adj. iodes, violet, rusty; L. suff. -osus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of full of, prone to; N.L. neut. adj. iodosum, indicating the formation of rusty ferric iron deposits.
Valid publication: STRAUB (K.L.), RAINEY (F.A.) and WIDDEL (F.): Rhodovulum iodosum sp. nov. and Rhodovulum robiginosum sp. nov., two new marine phototrophic ferrous-iron-oxidizing purple bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 729-735.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rhodovulum kholense Anil Kumar et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JA297 = ATCC BAA-1544 = CCUG 55397 = JCM 14888.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM748927.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. kholense, pertaining to Khola, from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: ANIL KUMAR (P.), APARNA (P.), SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), SASIKALA (C.) and RAMANA (C.V.): Rhodovulum kholense sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1723-1726.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rhodovulum lacipunicei Chakravarthy et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JA322 = KCTC 5700 = NBRC 104147.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM921780.
Etymology: L. n. lacus -us, a lake, a pond; L. adj. puniceus -a -um, purple-coloured; N.L. gen. n. lacipunicei, of/from a purple pond.
Valid publication: CHAKRAVARTHY (S.K.), SUCHARITHA (K.), SASIKALA (C.) and RAMANA (C.V.): Rhodovulum lacipunicei sp. nov., an obligate sulfide-demanding phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a purple pond in India. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1615-1619.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rhodovulum mangrovi Nupur et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AK41=MTCC 11825=JCM 19220.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HG529993.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. mangrovi, of or belonging to a mangrove.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: NUPUR, P., SRINIVAS, T. N. R., TAKAICHI, S. and ANIL KUMAR, P. 2014. Rhodovulum mangrovi sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a mangrove forest sediment sample. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3168-3173.
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Rhodovulum marinum Srinivas et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JA128 = ATCC BAA-1215 = CCUG 52183 = JCM 13300.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ891122.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. marinum, of the sea, marine.
Valid publication: SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), KUMAR (P.A.), SASIKALA (C.), RAMANA (C. V.), SÜLING (J.) and IMHOFF (J.F.): Rhodovulum marinum sp. nov., a novel phototrophic purple non-sulfur alphaproteobacterium from marine tides of Visakhapatnam, India. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1651-1656.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the paper by Srinivas et al. 2006, the type strain ATCC BAA-1215 is cited as ATCC BAA 1215 (without dash).
Rhodovulum phaeolacus Lakshmi et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JA580 = KCTC 5963 = NBRC 107649.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN669139.
Etymology: Gr. adj. phaeos, dark, brown; L. n. lacus -us, a large reservoir for water, a pond; N.L. gen. n. phaeolacus, of/from a brown pound.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 142. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2563-2565.
Effective publication: LAKSHMI (K.V.N.S.), SASILAKA (C.)., RAMANA (V.V.), RAMAPRASAD (E.V.V.) and RAMANA (C.V.): Rhodovulum phaeolacus sp. nov. a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a brown pond. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 2011, 57, 145-151.
Validation List no. 142 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: In the effective publication the type strain NBRC 107649 is erroneously cited as NBRC 107612.
Reference: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 142 (footnote §§). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2563-2565.
Validation List no. 142 in IJSEM Online
Rhodovulum robiginosum Straub et al. 1999, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) N2 = ATCC 700896= DSM 12329.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y15012.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. robiginosum, rusty, indicating the formation of rusty ferric iron deposits.
Valid publication: STRAUB (K.L.), RAINEY (F.A.) and WIDDEL (F.): Rhodovulum iodosum sp. nov. and Rhodovulum robiginosum sp. nov., two new marine phototrophic ferrous-iron-oxidizing purple bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 729-735.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rhodovulum salis Srinivas et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JA746=NBRC 108898=KCTC 15180.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HE680093.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: L. gen. n. salis, of salt pertaining to the isolation of the type strain from a salt pan.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: SRINIVAS, A., KUMAR, B. V., SREE, B. D., TUSHAR, L., SASIKALA, CH. and RAMANA CH., V. 2014. Rhodovulum salis sp. nov. and Rhodovulum viride sp. nov., phototrophic Alphaproteobacteria isolated from marine habitats. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 957-962.
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Rhodovulum steppense Kompantseva et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) A-20s = DSM 21153 = VKM B-2489.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU741680.
Etymology: N.L. n. steppum, steppe; L. neut. suff. -ense, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. steppense, of or pertaining to the steppe, widespread in steppe soda lakes.
Valid publication: KOMPANTSEVA (E.I.), KOMOVA (A.V.) and KOSTRIKINA (N.A.): Rhodovulum steppense sp. nov., an obligately haloalkaliphilic purple nonsulfur bacterium widespread in saline soda lakes of Central Asia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1210-1214.
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Rhodovulum strictum Hiraishi and Ueda 1995, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MB-G2 = DSM 11289 = IFO (now NBRC) 16662 = JCM 9220.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D16419.
Etymology: L. neut. part. adj. strictum, strait, tight, strict; referring to the fact that the cells require strict growth conditions.
Valid publication: HIRAISHI (A.) and UEDA (Y.): Isolation and characterization of Rhodovulum strictum sp. nov. and some other purple nonsulfur bacteria from colored blooms in tidal and seawater pools. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 319-326.
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Rhodovulum sulfidophilum (Hansen and Veldkamp 1973) Hiraishi and Ueda 1994, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Hansen W4 = ATCC 35886= DSM 1374 = LMG 5201.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D16423.
Basonym: ¤ Rhodopseudomonas sulfidophila Hansen and Veldkamp 1973 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonym: ¤ Rhodobacter sulfidophilus (Hansen and Veldkamp 1973) Imhoff et al. 1984.
Etymology: N.L. n. sulfidum, sulfide; N.L. neut. adj. philum (from Gr. neut. adj. philon), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. sulfidophilum, sulfide loving.
Valid publication: HIRAISHI (A.) and UEDA (Y.): Intrageneric structure of the genus Rhodobacter: transfer of Rhodobacter sulfidophilus and related marine species to the genus Rhodovulum gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 15-23.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rhodovulum tesquicola Kompantseva et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) A-36s = ATCC BAA-1573 = VKM B-2491.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU741685.
Etymology: L. pl. n. tesqua -orum, steppes; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), inhabitant, dweller; N.L. n. tesquicola, a steppe dweller.
Valid publication: KOMPANTSEVA (E.I.), KOMOVA (A.V.), NOVIKOV (A.A.) and KOSTRIKINA (N.A.): Rhodovulum tesquicola sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic purple non-sulfur bacterium from brackish steppe soda lakes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2962-2966.
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Rhodovulum viride Srinivas et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JA756=NBRC 109122=KCTC 15223.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HE983843.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. viride, green, referring to a green bacterium.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: SRINIVAS, A., KUMAR, B. V., SREE, B. D., TUSHAR, L., SASIKALA, CH. and RAMANA CH., V. 2014. Rhodovulum salis sp. nov. and Rhodovulum viride sp. nov., phototrophic Alphaproteobacteria isolated from marine habitats. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 957-962.
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Rhodovulum visakhapatnamense Srinivas et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JA181 = ATCC BAA-1274 = DSM 17937 = JCM 13531.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM180707.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. visakhapatnamense, pertaining to Visakhapatnam, the place from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), ANIL KUMAR (P.), SASIKALA (C.), RAMANA (C.V.) and IMHOFF (J.F.): Rhodovulum visakhapatnamense sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1762-1764.
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