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Genus Rhodovarius
Name: Rhodovarius Kämpfer et al. 2004
Etymology: Rho.do.va’ri.us. Gr. neut. n. rhodon, the rose; L. masc. adj. varius, diverse, varied; N.L. masc. n. Rhodovarius, the varying red-coloured one
Gender: masculine (stem: Rhodovari-)
Type species: Rhodovarius lipocyclicus Kämpfer et al. 2004
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Kampfer P, Busse HJ, Rossello-Mora R, Kjellin E, Falsen E. Rhodovarius lipocyclicus gen. nov. sp. nov., a new genus of the alpha-1 subclass of the Proteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:511-516. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 100. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1909-1910.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Degli-Esposti et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Roseomonadaceae Degli Esposti et al. 2024.
Publication:
Degli Esposti M, Guerrero G, Rogel MA, Issotta F, Rojas-Villalobos C, Quatrini R, Martinez-Romero E. The phylogeny of Acetobacteraceae: photosynthetic traits and deranged respiratory enzymes. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0057523.
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🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
Madigan MT, Imhoff JF. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2007; 57:1169-1171.
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🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
Madigan MT, Imhoff JF. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2007; 57:1169-1171.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CIP: 1; CCUG: 1; BCRC: 1; KCTC: 1.
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🧍 The name of the third author (R. Rosselló-Mora) is erroneously given as Rosséllo-Mora in the effective publication.
Publication:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 100. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1909-1910.
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🧕 Degli-Esposti et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Roseomonadaceae Degli Esposti et al. 2024.
Publication:
Degli Esposti M, Guerrero G, Rogel MA, Issotta F, Rojas-Villalobos C, Quatrini R, Martinez-Romero E. The phylogeny of Acetobacteraceae: photosynthetic traits and deranged respiratory enzymes. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0057523.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Rhodovarius crocodyli Chen et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Rhodovarius lipocyclicus Kämpfer et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Acetobacteraceae (ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980
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.
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Record number: 517329
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