Name: Fuscovulum blasticum (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Suresh et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodopseudomonas blastica Eckersley and Dow 1981

Etymology: bla’sti.cum. Gr. adj. blastikos -ê -on, budding, sprouting; N.L. neut. adj. blasticum, budding, apt to bud

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33485; CIP 104374; DSM 2131; DSM 26431; IFO 16437; LMG 4305; NBRC 16437; NCIB 11576; NCIMB 11576

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D16429 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Suresh G, Lodha TD, Indu B, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Taxogenomics Resolves Conflict in the Genus Rhodobacter: A Two and Half Decades Pending Thought to Reclassify the Genus Rhodobacter. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2480.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodobacter blastica (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Kawasaki et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Rhodopseudomonas blastica Eckersley and Dow 1981	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodobacter blasticus corrig. (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Kawasaki et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Tabrizicola blastica (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Fuscovulum Suresh et al. 2020. Publication: Suresh G, Lodha TD, Indu B, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Taxogenomics Resolves Conflict in the Genus Rhodobacter: A Two and Half Decades Pending Thought to Reclassify the Genus Rhodobacter. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2480.

Parent taxon: Fuscovulum Suresh et al. 2020

Assigned by: Suresh G, Lodha TD, Indu B, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Taxogenomics Resolves Conflict in the Genus Rhodobacter: A Two and Half Decades Pending Thought to Reclassify the Genus Rhodobacter. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2480.

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Record number: 7820