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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Heliobacillus mobilis Beer-Romero and Gest 1998

Etymology: mo’bi.le. L. neut. adj. mobile, motile

Pronunciation, gender: MO-bi-le, neuter

Type strain: 6; ATCC 43427; DSM 6151

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB100835 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kyndt JA, Montano Salama D, Meyer TE, Imhoff JF. Phylogenetic relationship of phototrophic heliobacteria and systematic reconsideration of species and genus assignments based on genome sequences of eight species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4729.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4850.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Heliobacillus mobilis Beer-Romero and Gest 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Heliobacterium Gest and Favinger 1985

Assigned by: Kyndt JA, Montano Salama D, Meyer TE, Imhoff JF. Phylogenetic relationship of phototrophic heliobacteria and systematic reconsideration of species and genus assignments based on genome sequences of eight species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4729.

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Record number: 20326