Name: Rhodobacter thermarum Khan et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.ma’rum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. thermarum, of hot springs

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rho-do-BAK-ter ther-MA-rum, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2016298; KCTC 52712; YIM 73036

16S rRNA gene: KY608089 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Khan IU, Habib N, Xiao M, Li MM, Xian WD, Hejazi MS, Tarhriz V, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Rhodobacter thermarum sp. nov., a novel phototrophic bacterium isolated from sediment of a hot spring. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:867-875. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 189. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2627-2629.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Rhodobacter Imhoff et al. 1984

Assigned by: Khan IU, Habib N, Xiao M, Li MM, Xian WD, Hejazi MS, Tarhriz V, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Rhodobacter thermarum sp. nov., a novel phototrophic bacterium isolated from sediment of a hot spring. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:867-875. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 5303

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