Name: Rhodoligotrophos Fukuda et al. 2012

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Rho.do.li.go.tro’phos. Gr. neut. n. rhodon, the rose; Gr. masc. adj. oligos, little, few; Gr. masc./fem. adj. trophos, feeder, rearer, that which nourishes; N.L. masc. n. Rhodoligotrophos, red utilizer of few substrates

Gender: masculine (stem: Rhodoligotroph-)

Type species: Rhodoligotrophos appendicifer Fukuda et al. 2012

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fukuda W, Yamada K, Miyoshi Y, Okuno H, Atomi H, Imanaka T. Rhodoligotrophos appendicifer gen. nov., sp. nov., an appendaged bacterium isolated from a freshwater Antarctic lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1945-1950.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2555-2556.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Rhodoligotrophaceae diCenzo et al. 2024. Publication: diCenzo GC, Yang Y, Young JPW, Kuzmanovic N. Refining the taxonomy of the order Hyphomicrobiales (Rhizobiales) based on whole genome comparisons of over 130 type strains. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6328.
  • 🧕 DiCenzo et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Rhodoligotrophaceae diCenzo et al. 2024. Publication: diCenzo GC, Yang Y, Young JPW, Kuzmanovic N. Refining the taxonomy of the order Hyphomicrobiales (Rhizobiales) based on whole genome comparisons of over 130 type strains. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6328.
  • 🧕 Fukuda et al. (2012) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Fukuda W, Yamada K, Miyoshi Y, Okuno H, Atomi H, Imanaka T. Rhodoligotrophos appendicifer gen. nov., sp. nov., an appendaged bacterium isolated from a freshwater Antarctic lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1945-1950.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; KCTC: 1; DSM: 1; ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 This name was subject to a Request for an Opinion. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM, Schink B. Proposal to change the name Rhodoligotrophos Fukuda et al. 2012, 1947 to Rhodoligotrophus. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3545.

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: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Rhodoligotrophos appendicifer Fukuda et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodoligotrophos defluvii Liu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Rhodoligotrophos ferricapiens" Kim et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Rhodoligotrophos jinshengii Deng et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Parvibaculaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/rhodoligotrophosCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 518234