Name: Pararhodospirillum Lakshmi et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.ra.rho.do.spi.ril’lum. Gr. prep. para, beside, alongside of, near, like; N.L. neut. dim. n. Rhodospirillum, a bacterial generic name; N.L. neut. dim. n. Pararhodospirillum, resembling Rhodospirillum

Gender: neuter (stem: Pararhodospirill-)

Type species: Pararhodospirillum photometricum (Molisch 1907) Lakshmi et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lakshmi KV, Divyasree B, Ramprasad EV, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Reclassification of Rhodospirillum photometricum Molisch 1907, Rhodospirillum sulfurexigens Anil Kumar et al. 2008 and Rhodospirillum oryzae Lakshmi et al. 2013 in a new genus, Pararhodospirillum gen. nov., as Pararhodospirillum photometricum comb. nov., Pararhodospirillum sulfurexigens comb. nov. and Pararhodospirillum oryzae comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genus Rhodospirillum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1154-1159.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2188-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Rhodospirillum Molisch 1907 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Molisch H. Die Purpurbakterien nach neuen Untersuchungen I-VII. G. Fischer, Jena, 1907.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Imhoff JF, Wilmotte A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Phototrophic Bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 4 August 2015, Tubingen, Germany. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5211.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Lakshmi et al. (2014). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 2; DSM: 2; ATCC: 1; JCM: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pararhodospirillum oryzae (Lakshmi et al. 2013) Lakshmi et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pararhodospirillum photometricum (Molisch 1907) Lakshmi et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pararhodospirillum sulfurexigens (Anil Kumar et al. 2008) Lakshmi et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lakshmi KV, Divyasree B, Ramprasad EV, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Reclassification of Rhodospirillum photometricum Molisch 1907, Rhodospirillum sulfurexigens Anil Kumar et al. 2008 and Rhodospirillum oryzae Lakshmi et al. 2013 in a new genus, Pararhodospirillum gen. nov., as Pararhodospirillum photometricum comb. nov., Pararhodospirillum sulfurexigens comb. nov. and Pararhodospirillum oryzae comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genus Rhodospirillum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1154-1159.

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