Name: Rhodobium marinum (Imhoff 1984) Hiraishi et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodopseudomonas marina Imhoff 1984

Etymology: ma.ri’num. L. neut. adj. marinum, of or belonging to the sea, marine

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35675; BN 126; CIP 104405; DSM 2698; Imhoff BN 126; NBRC 100434

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D30790 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hiraishi A, Urata K, Satoh T. A new genus of marine budding phototrophic bacteria, Rhodobium gen. nov., which includes Rhodobium orientis sp. nov. and Rhodobium marinum comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:226-234.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:621.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Afifella marina (Imhoff 1984) Urdiain et al. 2009

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodopseudomonas marina Imhoff 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Afifella marina (Imhoff 1984) Urdiain et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: DSM 2898.
  • ❗ Rhodobium marinum 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 Rhodobium.
  • 😷 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 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Rhodobium Hiraishi et al. 1995

Assigned by: Hiraishi A, Urata K, Satoh T. A new genus of marine budding phototrophic bacteria, Rhodobium gen. nov., which includes Rhodobium orientis sp. nov. and Rhodobium marinum comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:226-234.

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Record number: 780431