Name: Rhodobacter megalophilus Arunasri et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.ga.lo.phi’lus Gr. adj. megas, wide; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. megalophilus, wide (temperature)-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strains: DSM 18937; JA194; JCM 14598; KCTC 5602

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM421024 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Arunasri K, Venkata Ramana V, Sproer C, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Rhodobacter megalophilus sp. nov., a phototroph from the Indian Himalayas possessing a wide temperature range for growth. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1792-1796.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2473-2474.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • As of 2020-04-15 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

Parent taxon: Rhodobacter Imhoff et al. 1984

Assigned by: Arunasri K, Venkata Ramana V, Sproer C, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Rhodobacter megalophilus sp. nov., a phototroph from the Indian Himalayas possessing a wide temperature range for growth. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1792-1796.

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