Name: Rhodoplanes serenus Okamura et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: se.re’nus. L. masc. adj. serenus, clear, bright, pertaining to the bright-pink culture

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … se-RE-nus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 18633; NBRC 102049; TUT3530

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16S rRNA gene: AB087717 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Okamura K, Kanbe T, Hiraishi A. Rhodoplanes serenus sp. nov., a purple non-sulfur bacterium isolated from pond water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:531-535. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodoplanes piscinae Chakravarthy et al. 2012	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Volpiano et al. (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhodoplanes piscinae Chakravarthy et al. 2012. 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.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Rhodoplanes Hiraishi and Ueda 1994

Assigned by: Okamura K, Kanbe T, Hiraishi A. Rhodoplanes serenus sp. nov., a purple non-sulfur bacterium isolated from pond water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:531-535. 🇯🇵

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