Name: Rhodoluna lacicola Hahn et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.ci’co.la. L. gen. masc. n. lacus, lake; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, from incola the inhabitant; N.L. masc./fem. n. lacicola, inhabitant of lakes

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 23834; LMG 26932; MWH Ta8

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM182889 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hahn MW, Schmidt J, Taipale SJ, Doolittle WF, Koll U. Rhodoluna lacicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a planktonic freshwater bacterium with stream-lined genome. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3254-3263.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Rhodoluna lacicola" Hahn 2009	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rhodoluna Hahn et al. 2014. Publication: Hahn MW, Schmidt J, Taipale SJ, Doolittle WF, Koll U. Rhodoluna lacicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a planktonic freshwater bacterium with stream-lined genome. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3254-3263.
  • 😢 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. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Rhodoluna Hahn et al. 2014

Assigned by: Hahn MW, Schmidt J, Taipale SJ, Doolittle WF, Koll U. Rhodoluna lacicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a planktonic freshwater bacterium with stream-lined genome. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3254-3263.

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Record number: 792118