Name: Rhodoferax Hiraishi et al. 1992

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Rho.do’fe.rax. Gr. neut. n. rhodon, the rose; L. adj. ferax, fertile; N.L. masc. n. Rhodoferax, red and fertile

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Rhodoferac-), r^ho-DO-fe-rax

Type species: Rhodoferax fermentans Hiraishi et al. 1992

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hiraishi A, Hoshino Y, Satoh T. Rhodoferax fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a phototrophic purple nonsulfur bacterium previously referred to as the "Rhodocyclus gelatinosus-like" group. Arch. Microbiol. 1991; 155:330-336.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 40. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:191-192.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Kaden et al. 2014 Kaden R, Sproer C, Beyer D, Krolla-Sidenstein P. Rhodoferax saidenbachensis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, very slowly growing bacterium within the family Comamonadaceae, proposal of appropriate taxonomic position of Albidiferax ferrireducens strain T118T in the genus Rhodoferax and emended description of the genus Rhodoferax. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1186-1193. 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.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Farh et al. 2017 Farh ME, Kim YJ, Singh P, Jung SY, Kang JP, Yang DC. Rhodoferax koreense sp. nov, an obligately aerobic bacterium within the family Comamonadaceae, and emended description of the genus Rhodoferax. J Microbiol 2017; 55:767-774. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 27. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:7-8.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rhodofera".
  • 🧔 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, 11 August 2009, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3907-3909.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 6; KCTC: 5; DSM: 5; NBRC: 4; ATCC: 4; TBRC: 2; IFO: 1; KACC: 1; CCUG: 1; CGMCC: 1.
  • 🧍 The Latin adjective ferax can be in the masculine, in the feminine or in the neuter gender. According to the subcommittee on the taxonomy of the phototrophic bacteria, the genus name Rhodoferax is in the masculine gender. Publication: Trueper HG, Imhoff JF. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF THE PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA: Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:925-926.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Rhodoferax antarcticus Madigan et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodoferax aquaticus Li et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodoferax bucti Zhou et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodoferax fermentans Hiraishi et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodoferax ferrireducens Finneran et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Rhodoferax jenense" Imhoff et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    "Rhodoferax koreense" Farh et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym
    Rhodoferax koreensis Kato et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodoferax lacus Park et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodoferax lithotrophicus Kato et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodoferax mekongensis Kitikhun et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodoferax potami Kitikhun et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodoferax saidenbachensis Kaden et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodoferax sediminis Jin et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991

Assigned by: Kaden R, Sproer C, Beyer D, Krolla-Sidenstein P. Rhodoferax saidenbachensis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, very slowly growing bacterium within the family Comamonadaceae, proposal of appropriate taxonomic position of Albidiferax ferrireducens strain T118T in the genus Rhodoferax and emended description of the genus Rhodoferax. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1186-1193.

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