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

Category: Species

Proposed as: 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

Gender: 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

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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