Name: Rhodoplanes piscinae Chakravarthy et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pis.ci’nae. L. gen. fem. n. piscinae, of a fish pond, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pis-KI-na͡e, masculine

Type strain: DSM 19946; JA266; JCM 14934; KCTC 5627

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16S rRNA gene: LC178579 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chakravarthy SK, Ramaprasad EV, Shobha E, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Rhodoplanes piscinae sp. nov. isolated from pond water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2828-2834. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:799-800.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rhodoplanes serenus Okamura et al. 2009

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodoplanes serenus Okamura et al. 2009	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Volpiano et al. (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Rhodoplanes serenus Okamura et al. 2009. Publication: Volpiano CG, Sant'Anna FH, Ambrosini A, de Sao Jose JFB, Beneduzi A, Whitman WB, de Souza EM, Lisboa BB, Vargas LK, Passaglia LMP. Genomic Metrics Applied to Rhizobiales (Hyphomicrobiales): Species Reclassification, Identification of Unauthentic Genomes and False Type Strains. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:614957. 🇧🇷
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 35. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5164.
  • ❗ Rhodoplanes piscinae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Rhodoplanes.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Rhodoplanes Hiraishi and Ueda 1994

Assigned by: Chakravarthy SK, Ramaprasad EV, Shobha E, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Rhodoplanes piscinae sp. nov. isolated from pond water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2828-2834. 🇮🇳

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