Effective publication:
Gandham S, Lodha T, Chintalapati S, Chintalapati VR. Rhodobacter alkalitolerans sp. nov., isolated from an alkaline brown pond. Arch Microbiol 2018; 200:1487-1492. 🇮🇳
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 187. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1247-1250.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Notes:
❗ Rhodobacteralkalitolerans 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 Rhodobacter.
🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.