Name: Rhodopseudomonas gelatinosa (Molisch 1907) van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Rhodocystis gelatinosa" Molisch 1907

Etymology: ge.la.ti.no.sa. N.L. neut. n. gelatinum, gelatin; from L. masc. perf. part. gelatus, frozen; L. adj. suff. -osus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of full of, prone to; N.L. fem. adj. gelatinosa, gelatinous

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 17011; CCUG 15841; CCUG 21977; CCUG 21990; CIP 107072; DSM 1709; IFO 16663; JCM 21318; LMG 4311; NBRC 16663; NCIB 8290; NCIMB 8290

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D16213 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: Rubrivivax gelatinosus (Molisch 1907) Willems et al. 1991

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Rhodocystis gelatinosa" Molisch 1907	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Rhodocyclus gelatinosus (Molisch 1907) Imhoff et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rubrivivax gelatinosus (Molisch 1907) Willems et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Rhodopseudomonas gelatinosa 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: 780502