Name: Pseudogemmobacter blasticus (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Huang et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodopseudomonas blastica Eckersley and Dow 1981

Etymology: blas’ti.cus. Gr. masc. adj. blastikos, budding, sprouting; N.L. masc. adj. blasticus, budding, apt to bud

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … BLAS-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33485; CGMCC 1.3365; CIP 104374; DSM 2131; DSM 26431; IFO 16437; LMG 4305; NBRC 16437; NCIB 11576; NCIMB 11576

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D16429 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Huang Z, Li M, Oren A, Lai Q. Genome-based analysis of the family Paracoccaceae and description of Ostreiculturibacter nitratireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oyster farm on a tidal flat. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1376777. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 219. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodobacter blastica (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Kawasaki et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Rhodopseudomonas blastica Eckersley and Dow 1981	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Fuscovulum blasticum (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Suresh et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Tabrizicola blastica (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodobacter blasticus corrig. (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Kawasaki et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-10-14.
  • 🙆 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: Pseudogemmobacter Suman et al. 2019

Assigned by: Huang Z, Li M, Oren A, Lai Q. Genome-based analysis of the family Paracoccaceae and description of Ostreiculturibacter nitratireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oyster farm on a tidal flat. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1376777. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 48955