Name: Imhoffiella purpurea Nupur et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pur.pu’re.a. L. fem. adj. purpurea, purple

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AK35; JCM 18851; KCTC 15575; MTCC 12304

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16S rRNA gene: HF562219 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nupur N, Saini MK, Singh PK, Korpole S, Srinivas Tanuku NR, Takaichi S, Pinnaka AK. Imhoffiella gen. nov., a marine phototrophic member of the family Chromatiaceae including the description of Imhoffiella purpurea sp. nov. and the reclassification of Thiorhodococcus bheemlicus Anil Kumar et al. 2007 as Imhoffiella bheemlica comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1949-1956.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3137-3139.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Imhoffiella Nupur et al. 2017. Publication: Nupur N, Saini MK, Singh PK, Korpole S, Srinivas Tanuku NR, Takaichi S, Pinnaka AK. Imhoffiella gen. nov., a marine phototrophic member of the family Chromatiaceae including the description of Imhoffiella purpurea sp. nov. and the reclassification of Thiorhodococcus bheemlicus Anil Kumar et al. 2007 as Imhoffiella bheemlica comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1949-1956.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Imhoffiella Nupur et al. 2017

Assigned by: Nupur N, Saini MK, Singh PK, Korpole S, Srinivas Tanuku NR, Takaichi S, Pinnaka AK. Imhoffiella gen. nov., a marine phototrophic member of the family Chromatiaceae including the description of Imhoffiella purpurea sp. nov. and the reclassification of Thiorhodococcus bheemlicus Anil Kumar et al. 2007 as Imhoffiella bheemlica comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1949-1956.

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