Name: Amoebobacter pendens (Molisch 1906) Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Rhodothece pendens" Molisch 1906

Etymology: pen.dens. L. masc. part. adj. pendens, hanging

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 1314, Klein-Kalden; DSM 236; Kleinkalden; SMG 236

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AJ002797 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pfennig N, Trüper HG. New nomenclatural combinations in the phototrophic sulfur bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:11-14.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thiocapsa pendens (Molisch 1906) Guyoneaud et al. 1998

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiocapsa pendens (Molisch 1906) Guyoneaud et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Rhodothece pendens" Molisch 1906	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • ❗ Amoebobacter pendens is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Amoebobacter.
  • 😷 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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Amoebobacter Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pfennig N, Trüper HG. New nomenclatural combinations in the phototrophic sulfur bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:11-14.

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Record number: 773169