Name: Albidovulum inexpectatum Albuquerque et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.ex.pec.ta.tum. L. neut. adj. inexpectatum, unexpected, because the organism has characteristics that are unexpected

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-387; DSM 12048; FRR-10

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF465833 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Albuquerque L, Santos J, Travassos P, Nobre MF, Rainey FA, Wait R, Empadinhas N, Silva MT, da Costa MS. Albidovulum inexpectatum gen. nov., sp. nov., a nonphotosynthetic and slightly thermophilic bacterium from a marine hot spring that is very closely related to members of the photosynthetic genus Rhodovulum. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:4266-4273.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 89. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Albidovulum Albuquerque et al. 2003. Publication: Albuquerque L, Santos J, Travassos P, Nobre MF, Rainey FA, Wait R, Empadinhas N, Silva MT, da Costa MS. Albidovulum inexpectatum gen. nov., sp. nov., a nonphotosynthetic and slightly thermophilic bacterium from a marine hot spring that is very closely related to members of the photosynthetic genus Rhodovulum. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:4266-4273.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 89, the type strain ATCC BAA-387 is erroneously cited as ATCC BAA-388. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 89. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1-2.

Parent taxon: Albidovulum Albuquerque et al. 2003

Assigned by: Albuquerque L, Santos J, Travassos P, Nobre MF, Rainey FA, Wait R, Empadinhas N, Silva MT, da Costa MS. Albidovulum inexpectatum gen. nov., sp. nov., a nonphotosynthetic and slightly thermophilic bacterium from a marine hot spring that is very closely related to members of the photosynthetic genus Rhodovulum. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:4266-4273.

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