Name: Rhodovibrio (ex Molisch 1907) Imhoff et al. 1998

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: Rho.do.vi’bri.o. Gr. neut. n. rhodon, the rose; N.L. masc. n. Vibrio, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Rhodovibrio, the rose Vibrio

Gender: masculine (stem: Rhodovibrion-)

Type species: Rhodovibrio salinarum (Nissen and Dundas 1985) Imhoff et al. 1998

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Imhoff JF, Petri R, Suling J. Reclassification of species of the spiral-shaped phototrophic purple non-sulfur bacteria of the alpha-Proteobacteria: description of the new genera Phaeospirillum gen. nov., Rhodovibrio gen. nov., Rhodothalassium gen. nov. and Roseospira gen. nov. as well as transfer of Rhodospirillum fulvum to Phaeospirillum fulvum comb. nov., of Rhodospirillum molischianum to Phaeospirillum molischianum comb. nov., of Rhodospirillum salinarum to Rhodovibrio salexigens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:793-798.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1085-1087.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Rhodovibrionaceae Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: 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.
  • 🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Rhodospirillum Molisch 1907 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Nissen H, Dundas ID. Rhodospirillum salinarum sp. nov., a halophilic photosynthetic bacterium isolated from a Portuguese saltern. Arch. Microbiol. 1984; 138:251-256.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rhodovibrion".
  • 📧 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: Imhoff JF, Madigan MT. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the Meetings, 28 August 2000, Barcelona, Spain. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2002; 52:2335-2336.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; ATCC: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ROVB" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Rhodovibrio salinarum (Nissen and Dundas 1985) Imhoff et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodovibrio sodomensis (Mack et al. 1996) Imhoff et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Rhodovibrionaceae 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.

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