Name: Heliobacillus mobilis Beer-Romero and Gest 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo’bi.lis. L. masc./fem. adj. mobilis, movable, moving, named for its rapid motility

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 6; ATCC 43427; DSM 6151

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB100835 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Beer-Romero P, Gest H. Heliobacillus mobilis, a peritrichously flagellated anoxyphototroph containing bacteriochlorophyll g. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1987; 41:109-114.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 65. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:627.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Heliobacterium mobile (Beer-Romero and Gest 1998) Kyndt et al. 2021

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Heliobacterium mobile (Beer-Romero and Gest 1998) Kyndt et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Heliobacillus Beer-Romero and Gest 1998. Publication: Beer-Romero P, Gest H. Heliobacillus mobilis, a peritrichously flagellated anoxyphototroph containing bacteriochlorophyll g. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1987; 41:109-114.
  • ❗ Heliobacillus mobilis 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 Heliobacillus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 36 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species and may be reclassified as Heliobacterium". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Heliobacillus Beer-Romero and Gest 1998

Assigned by: Beer-Romero P, Gest H. Heliobacillus mobilis, a peritrichously flagellated anoxyphototroph containing bacteriochlorophyll g. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1987; 41:109-114.

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