Name: Rhodobaca barguzinensis Boldareva et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bar.gu.zi.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. barguzinensis, pertaining to Barguzin Valley (discovered in the Barguzin Valley)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bar-gu-zi-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: alga-05; DSM 19920; GDMCC 1.4641; VKM B-2406

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16S rRNA gene: MK598755 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Boldareva EN, Akimov VN, Boychenko VA, Stadnichuk IN, Moskalenko AA, Makhneva ZK, Gorlenko VM. Rhodobaca barguzinensis sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple nonsulfur bacterium isolated from a soda lake of the Barguzin Valley (Buryat Republic, Eastern Siberia). Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiia) 2008; 77:206-218. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 127. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:923-925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Roseinatronobacter bogoriensis subsp. barguzinensis (Boldareva et al. 2009) Hu et al. 2024

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Roseinatronobacter bogoriensis subsp. barguzinensis (Boldareva et al. 2009) Hu et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    "Rhodobaca bogoriensis subsp. barguzinensis" (Boldareva et al. 2009) Liang et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Rhodobaca barguzinensis 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 Rhodobaca.
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 In the effective publication, the type strain VKM B-2406 is cited as VKM B2406, and the strain DSM 19920 is cited as DSMZ 19920. — 🧍 The correct etymology of the specific epithet was provided by the Lists Editor, IJSEM. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 127. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:923-925.

Parent taxon: Rhodobaca Milford et al. 2001

Assigned by: Boldareva EN, Akimov VN, Boychenko VA, Stadnichuk IN, Moskalenko AA, Makhneva ZK, Gorlenko VM. Rhodobaca barguzinensis sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple nonsulfur bacterium isolated from a soda lake of the Barguzin Valley (Buryat Republic, Eastern Siberia). Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiia) 2008; 77:206-218. 🇷🇺

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