Name: Rhodobium gokarnense Srinivas et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: go.kar.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. gokarnense, pertaining to Gokarna, the place from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: go-kar-NEN-se, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1275; DSM 17935; JA173; JCM 13532

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM180706 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Srinivas TN, Kumar PA, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV, Imhoff JF. Rhodobium gokarnense sp. nov., a novel phototrophic alphaproteobacterium from a saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:932-935.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1675-1676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Urdiain et al. 2008 Urdiain M, Lopez-Lopez A, Gonzalo C, Busse HJ, Langer S, Kampfer P, Rossello-Mora R. Reclassification of Rhodobium marinum and Rhodobium pfennigii as Afifella marina gen. nov. comb. nov. and Afifella pfennigii comb. nov., a new genus of photoheterotrophic Alphaproteobacteria and emended descriptions of Rhodobium, Rhodobium orientis and Rhodobium gokarnense. Syst Appl Microbiol 2008; 31:339-351. Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 9. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:5-6.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 According to Urdiain et al. [1], the type strain JCM 13532 was not delivered. However, according to Dr. — 🧍 M. Sakamoto [2], Rhodobium gokarnense JCM 13532 is now available. — Sakamoto M. Personal communication, 2009-01-30.

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: ATCC BAA-1215.
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Srinivas et al. 2007, the type strain ATCC BAA-1275 is erroneously cited as ATCC BAA-1215, see ATCC Web site. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Rhodobium Hiraishi et al. 1995

Assigned by: Srinivas TN, Kumar PA, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV, Imhoff JF. Rhodobium gokarnense sp. nov., a novel phototrophic alphaproteobacterium from a saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:932-935.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/rhodobium-gokarnenseCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 780430