Species Phaeovulum vinaykumarii

Name: Phaeovulum vinaykumarii (Srinivas et al. 2007) Suresh et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodobacter vinaykumarii Srinivas et al. 2007

Etymology: vi.nay.ku.ma’ri.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. vinaykumarii, of Vinaykumar, named after the late Dr. M. Vinaykumar, an Indian microbiologist and research supervisor of CVR and CS, who initiated work on anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in India

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: p^ha͡e-O-wu-lum wi-nay-ku-MA-ri-i, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 54311; DSM 18714; JA123; JCM 14544

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM408117 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Suresh G, Lodha TD, Indu B, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Taxogenomics Resolves Conflict in the Genus Rhodobacter: A Two and Half Decades Pending Thought to Reclassify the Genus Rhodobacter. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2480. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bieblia vinaykumarii (Srinivas et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Rhodobacter vinaykumarii Srinivas et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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: Phaeovulum Suresh et al. 2020

Assigned by: Suresh G, Lodha TD, Indu B, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Taxogenomics Resolves Conflict in the Genus Rhodobacter: A Two and Half Decades Pending Thought to Reclassify the Genus Rhodobacter. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2480. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 7863