Name: Rhodoplanes azumiensis Hiraishi 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.zu.mi.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. azumiensis, of Azumi pertaining Azumi district, Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, where the type strain of this organism was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-zu-mi-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: KCTC 15603; NBRC 112816; TUT3581

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Valid publication: Hiraishi A. Characterization of thermotolerant phototrophic bacteria, Rhodoplanes tepidicaeni sp. nov. and Rhodoplanes azumiensis sp. nov., isolated from a geothermal spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5038-5045. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:695-697.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.20990 (N = 3).
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Rhodoplanes Hiraishi and Ueda 1994

Assigned by: Hiraishi A. Characterization of thermotolerant phototrophic bacteria, Rhodoplanes tepidicaeni sp. nov. and Rhodoplanes azumiensis sp. nov., isolated from a geothermal spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5038-5045. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 796293