Name: "Candidatus Rhodoluna limnophila" Hahn 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: lim.no’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. rhodeos, rosy; L. fem. n. luna, the moon; N.L. fem. n. Rhodoluna, rosy (red) moon, referring to the red pigmentation and the selenoid morphology of the first strain. lim.no’phi.la; Gr. fem. n. limnê, lake; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. limnophila, lakeloving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 27D-LEPI; DSM 107804; JCM 32926; MWH VicMua1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ565417 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Hahn MW. Description of seven candidate species affiliated with the phylum Actinobacteria, representing planktonic freshwater bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:112-117.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:645-646.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Rhodoluna limnophila Pitt et al. 2019

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodoluna limnophila Pitt et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Rhodoluna" Hahn 2009

Assigned by: Hahn MW. Description of seven candidate species affiliated with the phylum Actinobacteria, representing planktonic freshwater bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:112-117.

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Record number: 800098