Name: Hoeflea phototrophica Biebl et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pho.to’tro.phi.ca. Gr. neut. n. phôs (gen. phôtos), light; Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. fem. adj. phototrophica, referring to the likely ability to use light for energy generation

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DFL-43; DSM 17068; NCIMB 14078

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16S rRNA gene: JF957616 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Biebl H, Tindall BJ, Pukall R, Lunsdorf H, Allgaier M, Wagner-Dobler I. Hoeflea phototrophica sp. nov., a novel marine aerobic alphaproteobacterium that forms bacteriochlorophyll a. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:821-826.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05413 (N = 16).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced by Fiebig et al. (2013). Publication: Fiebig A, Pradella S, Petersen J, Michael V, Pauker O, Rohde M, Goker M, Klenk HP, Wagner-Dobler I. Genome of the marine alphaproteobacterium Hoeflea phototrophica type strain (DFL-43^T). Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 7:440-448.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Hoeflea Peix et al. 2005

Assigned by: Biebl H, Tindall BJ, Pukall R, Lunsdorf H, Allgaier M, Wagner-Dobler I. Hoeflea phototrophica sp. nov., a novel marine aerobic alphaproteobacterium that forms bacteriochlorophyll a. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:821-826.

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Record number: 776908