Name: Rhodopseudomonas capsulata corrig. (Molisch 1907) van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Rhodonostoc capsulatum" Molisch 1907

Etymology: cap.su.la’ta. L. fem. dim. n. capsula, a small box or chest; L. fem. adj. suff. -ata, suffix denoting provided with; N.L. fem. adj. capsulata, with a chest, capsuled

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 11166; CCUG 31484; CIP 104408; DSM 1710; IFO 16435; JCM 21090; LMG 2962; NBRC 16435

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D16428 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: van Niel CB. THE CULTURE, GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY, AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE NON-SULFUR PURPLE AND BROWN BACTERIA. Bacteriol Rev 1944; 8:1-118.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rhodobacter capsulatus (Molisch 1907) Imhoff et al. 1984

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Rhodonostoc capsulatum" Molisch 1907	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Rhodopseudomonas capsulatus (Molisch 1907) van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Rhodobacter capsulatus (Molisch 1907) Imhoff et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Rhodopseudomonas capsulata is the correct name 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.

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

Assigned by: van Niel CB. THE CULTURE, GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY, AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE NON-SULFUR PURPLE AND BROWN BACTERIA. Bacteriol Rev 1944; 8:1-118.

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Record number: 780500