Name: Gemmatimonas phototrophica Zeng et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pho.to.tro’phi.ca. Gr. neut. n. phôs, light; N.L. masc. adj. trophicus, nursing, tending or feeding; from Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing; N.L. fem. adj. phototrophica, feeding on light, phototrophic

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AP64; DSM 29774; MCCC 1K00455

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF481682 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zeng Y, Selyanin V, Lukes M, Dean J, Kaftan D, Feng F, Koblizek M. Characterization of the microaerophilic, bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacterium Gemmatimonas phototrophica sp. nov., and emended descriptions of the genus Gemmatimonas and Gemmatimonas aurantiaca. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2410-2419.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3768-3770.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 15 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 See also Zeng et al. (2017). Publication: Zeng Y, Selyanin V, Lukes M, Dean J, Kaftan D, Feng F, Koblizek M. Erratum: Characterization of the microaerophilic, bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacterium Gemmatimonas phototrophica sp. nov., and emended descriptions of the genus Gemmatimonas and Gemmatimonas aurantiaca. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:521-522.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
  • 🧍 In the original description, the MCCC number was incorrectly published as MCCC 1K00454 (sic). The correct number is MCCC 1K00455. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.

Parent taxon: Gemmatimonas Zhang et al. 2003

Assigned by: Zeng Y, Selyanin V, Lukes M, Dean J, Kaftan D, Feng F, Koblizek M. Characterization of the microaerophilic, bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacterium Gemmatimonas phototrophica sp. nov., and emended descriptions of the genus Gemmatimonas and Gemmatimonas aurantiaca. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2410-2419.

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