Name: Rhodoferax mekongensis Kitikhun et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.kong.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. mekongensis, pertaining to the Mekong River, where the type strain of the species was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: D8-11; NBRC 116415; TBRC 17307

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OR414376 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kitikhun S, Charoenyingcharoen P, Siriarchawatana P, Likhitrattanapisal S, Nilsakha T, Chanpet A, Jeennor S, Yukphan P, Ingsriswang S. Rhodoferax potami sp. nov. and Rhodoferax mekongensis sp. nov., isolated from the Mekong River in Thailand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6351.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6424.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-05-07.

Parent taxon: Rhodoferax Hiraishi et al. 1992

Assigned by: Kitikhun S, Charoenyingcharoen P, Siriarchawatana P, Likhitrattanapisal S, Nilsakha T, Chanpet A, Jeennor S, Yukphan P, Ingsriswang S. Rhodoferax potami sp. nov. and Rhodoferax mekongensis sp. nov., isolated from the Mekong River in Thailand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6351.

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Record number: 48167