Name: Rhodopseudomonas faecalis Zhang et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fae.ca’lis. L. fem. n. faex (gen. faecis), dregs, faeces; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc./fem. adj. faecalis, pertaining to faeces, as the organism was found in chicken faeces

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.2176; gc; JCM 11668

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF123085 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang D, Yang H, Huang Z, Zhang W, Liu SJ. Rhodopseudomonas faecalis sp. nov., a phototrophic bacterium isolated from an anaerobic reactor that digests chicken faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2055-2060.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 25 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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

Assigned by: Zhang D, Yang H, Huang Z, Zhang W, Liu SJ. Rhodopseudomonas faecalis sp. nov., a phototrophic bacterium isolated from an anaerobic reactor that digests chicken faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2055-2060.

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