Name: Rhodopseudomonas harwoodiae Venkata Ramana et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: har.wood’i.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. harwoodiae, of Harwood, named after Professor Dr C. S. Harwood, a microbiologist who has significantly contributed to the knowledge of aromatic hydrocarbon metabolism of Rhodopseudomonas palustris strain CGA009

Gender: feminine

Type strain: JA531; KCTC 5841; NBRC 107575

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16S rRNA gene: FN813512 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ramana VV, Chakravarthy SK, Raj PS, Kumar BV, Shobha E, Ramaprasad EV, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Descriptions of Rhodopseudomonas parapalustris sp. nov., Rhodopseudomonas harwoodiae sp. nov. and Rhodopseudomonas pseudopalustris sp. nov., and emended description of Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1790-1798.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2555-2556.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Ramana VV, Chakravarthy SK, Raj PS, Kumar BV, Shobha E, Ramaprasad EV, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Descriptions of Rhodopseudomonas parapalustris sp. nov., Rhodopseudomonas harwoodiae sp. nov. and Rhodopseudomonas pseudopalustris sp. nov., and emended description of Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1790-1798.

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Record number: 790065