Name: Rhodoplanes elegans Hiraishi and Ueda 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e’le.gans. L. adj. elegans, choice, elegant

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AS130; ATCC 51906; DSM 11907; IFO 16660; JCM 9224; NBRC 16660

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16S rRNA gene: D25311 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hiraishi A, Ueda Y. Rhodoplanes gen. nov., a new genus of phototrophic bacteria including Rhodopseudomonas rosea as Rhodoplanes roseus comb. nov. and Rhodoplanes elegans sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:665-673.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rhodoplanes Hiraishi and Ueda 1994

Assigned by: Hiraishi A, Ueda Y. Rhodoplanes gen. nov., a new genus of phototrophic bacteria including Rhodopseudomonas rosea as Rhodoplanes roseus comb. nov. and Rhodoplanes elegans sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:665-673.

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Record number: 780494