Name: Luteovulum azotoformans (Hiraishi et al. 1997) Suresh et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodobacter azotoformans Hiraishi et al. 1997

Etymology: a.zo.to.for’mans. N.L. neut. n. azotum, nitrogen; from French masc. n. azote, nitrogen; from Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); from Gr. fem. n. zôê, life; from N.Gr. fem. n. azôê, not sustaining life; N.L. pref. azo-, pertaining to nitrogen (in compound words condensed from azotum); L. pres. part. formans, forming; N.L. neut. part. adj. azotoformans, nitrogen forming

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-zo-to-FOR-mans, neuter

Type strain: CIP 105439; IFO 16436; JCM 9340; KA25; NBRC 16436

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB607332 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Suresh G, Lodha TD, Indu B, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Corrigendum: Taxogenomics Resolves Conflict in the Genus Rhodobacter: A Two and Half Decades Pending Thought to Reclassify the Genus Rhodobacter. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1111. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 196. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5596-5601.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Cereibacter azotoformans (Hiraishi et al. 1997) Hördt et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodobacter azotoformans Hiraishi et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Luteovulum azotoformans" (Hiraishi et al. 1997) Suresh et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Cereibacter azotoformans (Hiraishi et al. 1997) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Luteovulum azotoformans 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 Luteovulum.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Luteovulum Suresh et al. 2020

Assigned by: Suresh G, Lodha TD, Indu B, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Corrigendum: Taxogenomics Resolves Conflict in the Genus Rhodobacter: A Two and Half Decades Pending Thought to Reclassify the Genus Rhodobacter. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1111. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 15274