Species Rhodobacter sulfidophilus

Name: Rhodobacter sulfidophilus (Hansen and Veldkamp 1973) Imhoff et al. 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodopseudomonas sulfidophila Hansen and Veldkamp 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: sul.fi.do’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. sulfidum, sulfide; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. sulfidophilus, sulfide loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35886; DSM 1374; Hansen W4; LMG 5201

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D16423 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Imhoff JF, Trüper HG, Pfennig N. Rearrangement of the species and genera of the phototrophic "purple nonsulfur bacteria". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:340-343.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rhodovulum sulfidophilum (Hansen and Veldkamp 1973) Hiraishi and Ueda 1994

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Rhodopseudomonas sulfidophila Hansen and Veldkamp 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Rhodovulum sulfidophilum (Hansen and Veldkamp 1973) Hiraishi and Ueda 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Rhodobacter sulfidophilus 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Rhodobacter Imhoff et al. 1984

Assigned by: Imhoff JF, Trüper HG, Pfennig N. Rearrangement of the species and genera of the phototrophic "purple nonsulfur bacteria". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:340-343.

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Record number: 780428

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