Name: Rhodobacter viridis Shalem Raj et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi’ri.dis. L. masc. adj. viridis, green, referring to a green bacterium

Pronunciation, gender: WI-ri-dis, masculine

Type strain: JA737; KCTC 15167; MTCC 11105; NBRC 108864

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HE572577 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Raj PS, Ramaprasad EV, Vaseef S, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Rhodobacter viridis sp. nov., a phototrophic bacterium isolated from mud of a stream. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:181-186.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1211-1213.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

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:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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: Raj PS, Ramaprasad EV, Vaseef S, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Rhodobacter viridis sp. nov., a phototrophic bacterium isolated from mud of a stream. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:181-186.

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Record number: 790455