Genus Roseiflexus
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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").
Roseiflexus Hanada et al. 2002, gen. nov. (Type genus of the suborder ¤ Roseiflexineae Gupta et al. 2013; type genus of the family ¤ Roseiflexaceae Gupta et al. 2013).
Type species: ¤ Roseiflexus castenholzii Hanada et al. 2002.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Rof. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: L. adj. roseus, rose-coloured; L. masc. n. flexus, a bending, turning; N.L. masc. n. Roseiflexus, rose-coloured bending.
Valid publication: HANADA (S.), TAKAICHI (S.), MATSUURA (K.) and NAKAMURA (K.): Roseiflexus castenholzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, filamentous, photosynthetic bacterium that lacks chlorosomes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 187-193.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Roseiflexus castenholzii Hanada et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HLO8 = DSM 13941 = JCM 11240 = NBRC 100045.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB041226.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. castenholzii, of Castenholz, named after Richard W. Castenholz, an American microbiologist who notably contributed to our knowledge of thermophilic filamentous phototrophs.
Valid publication: HANADA (S.), TAKAICHI (S.), MATSUURA (K.) and NAKAMURA (K.): Roseiflexus castenholzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, filamentous, photosynthetic bacterium that lacks chlorosomes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 187-193.
Original article in IJSEM Online