Name: Rhodopseudomonas blastica Eckersley and Dow 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bla’sti.ca. Gr. adj. blastikos -ê -on, budding, sprouting; N.L. fem. adj. blastica, budding, apt to bud

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33485; CIP 104374; DSM 2131; DSM 26431; IFO 16437; LMG 4305; NBRC 16437; NCIB 11576; NCIMB 11576

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D16429 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Eckersley K, Dow CS. Rhodopseudomonas blastica sp. nov.: a member of the Rhodospirillaceae. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1980; 119:465-473.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 6. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:215-218.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Fuscovulum blasticum (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Suresh et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Fuscovulum blasticum (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Suresh et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodobacter blasticus corrig. (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Kawasaki et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Tabrizicola blastica (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodobacter blastica (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Kawasaki et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • ❗ Rhodopseudomonas blastica 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 Rhodopseudomonas.
  • 😷 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 17 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Rhodopseudomonas Czurda and Maresch 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Eckersley K, Dow CS. Rhodopseudomonas blastica sp. nov.: a member of the Rhodospirillaceae. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1980; 119:465-473.

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