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Species Rhodobacter euryhalinus
Name: Rhodobacter euryhalinus Kompantseva 1989
Etymology: eu.ry.ha.li’nus. Gr. masc. adj. eurys, wide, broad; Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; L. adj. suff. -inus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. masc. adj. euryhalinus, living in a wide range of salinity
Type strain: BCRC 80529; DSM 4868; KA-65; Kompantseva KA-65
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16S rRNA gene:
D16426
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FASTA
Effective publication: Kompantseva EI. Rhodobacter euryhalinus sp. nov., a new halophilic purple bacterial species. Mikrobiologiya 1985; 54:974-982.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 29. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:205-206. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Rhodovulum euryhalinum (Kompantseva 1989) Hiraishi and Ueda 1994
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Rhodovulum euryhalinum (Kompantseva 1989) Hiraishi and Ueda 1994 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Rhodobacter euryhalinus 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.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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.
Parent taxon: Rhodobacter Imhoff et al. 1984
Assigned by: Kompantseva EI. Rhodobacter euryhalinus sp. nov., a new halophilic purple bacterial species. Mikrobiologiya 1985; 54:974-982.
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Record number: 780423
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