Name: Rhodospira Pfennig et al. 1998

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Rho.do.spi’ra. Gr. neut. n. rhodon, the rose; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. fem. n. Rhodospira, the rose spiral

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Rhodospir-), r^ho-do-SPI-ra

Type species: Rhodospira trueperi Pfennig et al. 1998

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pfennig N, Lunsdorf H, Suling J, Imhoff JF. Rhodospira trueperi gen. nov., spec. nov., a new phototrophic Proteobacterium of the alpha group. Arch Microbiol 1997; 168:39-45.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 64. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:327-328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Trüper HG, Imhoff JF. 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.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. 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.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 5; DSM: 4; JCM: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Rhodospira goensis" (Kalyan Chakravarthy et al. 2007) Koziaeva et al. 2023	not validly published	synonym
    "Rhodospira marina" (Guyoneaud et al. 2003) Koziaeva et al. 2023	not validly published	synonym
    "Rhodospira mediosalina" Koziaeva et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Rhodospira navarrensis" (Guyoneaud et al. 2003) Koziaeva et al. 2023	not validly published	synonym
    Rhodospira trueperi Pfennig et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Rhodospira visakhapatnamensis" (Kalyan Chakravarthy et al. 2007) Koziaeva et al. 2023	not validly published	synonym

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

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.

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