Name: Lamprobacter modestohalophilus Gorlenko et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo.des’to.ha.lo’phi.lus. L. masc. adj. modestus, moderate; Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. modestohalophilus, moderate salt-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: INMI RO-1

See detailed strain information at

Effective publication: Gorlenko VM, Krassilnikova EN, Kikina OG, Tatarinova NY. The new motile purple sulfur bacteria Lamprobacter modestohalophilus nov. gen., nov. sp. with gas vacuoles. Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Biol. 1979; 5:755-767.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 25. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:220-222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Gorlenko et al. 2014 Gorlenko VM, Briantseva IA, Lunina ON, Turova TP. Phylogenetic position of the purple sulfur bacterium Lamprobacter modestohalophilus determined based on the data on new strains of the species. Mikrobiologiia 2014; 83:829-837.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2021-06-08 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Lamprobacter Gorlenko et al. 1988. Publication: Gorlenko VM, Krassilnikova EN, Kikina OG, Tatarinova NY. The new motile purple sulfur bacteria Lamprobacter modestohalophilus nov. gen., nov. sp. with gas vacuoles. Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Biol. 1979; 5:755-767.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • 🧍 According to Dr. Kuever, the strain INMI RO-1 is lost. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Lamprobacter Gorlenko et al. 1988

Assigned by: Gorlenko VM, Krassilnikova EN, Kikina OG, Tatarinova NY. The new motile purple sulfur bacteria Lamprobacter modestohalophilus nov. gen., nov. sp. with gas vacuoles. Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Biol. 1979; 5:755-767.

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