Name: Rhodocista pekingensis Zhang et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.king.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. pekingensis, pertaining to Peking, the former name of Beijing city, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 3-p; CGMCC 1.2194; JCM 11669

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF523824 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang D, Yang H, Zhang W, Huang Z, Liu SJ. Rhodocista pekingensis sp. nov., a cyst-forming phototrophic bacterium from a municipal wastewater treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1111-1114.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Rhodocista Kawasaki et al. 1994

Assigned by: Zhang D, Yang H, Zhang W, Huang Z, Liu SJ. Rhodocista pekingensis sp. nov., a cyst-forming phototrophic bacterium from a municipal wastewater treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1111-1114.

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Record number: 784772