Name: Rhodobaca bogoriensis Milford et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bo.go.ri.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. bogoriensis, pertaining to Lake Bogoria, a soda lake in Kenya, Africa

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700920; DSM 18756; LBB1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF248638 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Milford AD, Achenbach LA, Jung DO, Madigan MT. Rhodobaca bogoriensis gen. nov. and sp. nov., an alkaliphilic purple nonsulfur bacterium from African Rift Valley soda lakes. Arch Microbiol 2000; 174:18-27.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 80. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:793-794.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rhodobaca Milford et al. 2001. Publication: Milford AD, Achenbach LA, Jung DO, Madigan MT. Rhodobaca bogoriensis gen. nov. and sp. nov., an alkaliphilic purple nonsulfur bacterium from African Rift Valley soda lakes. Arch Microbiol 2000; 174:18-27.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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.
  • 🧍 At the time of publication, the type strain was not deposited in two publicly accessible service collections in different countries, and Rhodobaca bogoriensis Milford et al. 2001 was not validly published [Rules 27(3) and 30]. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Rhodobaca bogoriensis Milford et al. 2001 is now considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Rhodobaca bogoriensis subsp. barguzinensis" (Boldareva et al. 2009) Liang et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Rhodobaca Milford et al. 2001

Assigned by: Milford AD, Achenbach LA, Jung DO, Madigan MT. Rhodobaca bogoriensis gen. nov. and sp. nov., an alkaliphilic purple nonsulfur bacterium from African Rift Valley soda lakes. Arch Microbiol 2000; 174:18-27.

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