Name: Rhodopirellula lusitana Bondoso et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu.si.ta’na. L. fem. adj. lusitana, pertaining to Lusitania, the Roman province in western Iberia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … lu-si-TA-na, feminine

Type strain: DSM 25457; LMG 27777; UC 17

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF589351 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bondoso J, Albuquerque L, Lobo-da-Cunha A, da Costa MS, Harder J, Lage OM. Rhodopirellula lusitana sp. nov. and Rhodopirellula rubra sp. nov., isolated from the surface of macroalgae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:157-164. 🇵🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2927-2929.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Neorhodopirellula lusitana (Bondoso et al. 2014) Sreya et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication, the type strain is erroneously cited as DSM 25,457 and LMG 27,777. The correct collection numbers of the type strain are DSM 25457 and LMG 27777. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.

Parent taxon: Rhodopirellula Schlesner et al. 2004

Assigned by: Bondoso J, Albuquerque L, Lobo-da-Cunha A, da Costa MS, Harder J, Lage OM. Rhodopirellula lusitana sp. nov. and Rhodopirellula rubra sp. nov., isolated from the surface of macroalgae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:157-164. 🇵🇹

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