Name: Rhodobaca bogoriensis Milford et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type strains: 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

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 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.

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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