Name: Pfennigia purpurea (Eichler and Pfennig 1989) Tindall 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Amoebobacter purpureus Eichler and Pfennig 1989

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

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49210; BN 4450; DSM 4197; Schleinsee; Strain ThScb 12; ThSch 12

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ223235 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tindall BJ. Taxonomic note: transfer of Amoebobacter purpureus to the genus Pfennigia gen. nov. as Pfennigia purpurea comb. nov., on the basis of the illegitimate proposal to make Amoebobacter purpureus the type species of the genus Amoebobacter. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:1307-1308.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Lamprocystis purpurea (Eichler and Pfennig 1989) Imhoff 2001

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lamprocystis purpurea (Eichler and Pfennig 1989) Imhoff 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Amoebobacter purpureus Eichler and Pfennig 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pfennigia Tindall 1999. Publication: Tindall BJ. Taxonomic note: transfer of Amoebobacter purpureus to the genus Pfennigia gen. nov. as Pfennigia purpurea comb. nov., on the basis of the illegitimate proposal to make Amoebobacter purpureus the type species of the genus Amoebobacter. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:1307-1308.
  • ❗ Pfennigia purpurea 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 Pfennigia.
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 See: Amoebobacter purpureus Eichler and Pfennig 1989. Publication: Eichler B, Pfennig N. A new purple sulfur bacterium from stratified freshwater lakes, Amoebobacter purpureus sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1988; 149:395-400.

Parent taxon: Pfennigia Tindall 1999

Assigned by: Tindall BJ. Taxonomic note: transfer of Amoebobacter purpureus to the genus Pfennigia gen. nov. as Pfennigia purpurea comb. nov., on the basis of the illegitimate proposal to make Amoebobacter purpureus the type species of the genus Amoebobacter. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:1307-1308.

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